你真的了解那个睡在你身边、在你的生活中扮演了一个极其重要的角色的人吗？也许正是因为一些你所不知道的秘密，就会断送了你的性命……当麻烦缠身的少年迈克尔·哈丁（佩恩·拜德格雷 饰）在经历了一年艰苦的军校学习与生活、重新回到家的时候，发现他的妈妈苏珊（雪拉·渥德 饰）似乎正置身于甜蜜的恋情中无法自拔，而且很快就要再婚了--至于那个即将成为他的继父的大卫·哈里斯（迪伦·沃尔什 饰），也已经搬到了他们的家里。大卫看起来是一个非常好的男人，他不断地表明，希望他们三个人能够成为和谐的一家人，但是随着他们越来越了解彼此，迈克尔很快就意识到，大卫这个人离他口中的完美实在是差得太远了。为了核实自己无意中知道的有关大卫的过去的真实性，迈克尔在调查的过程中却发现所有的一切似乎正在朝着可怕的方向发展……随着一些离奇古怪的事件的相继发生，大卫性格里的邪恶和狠毒也爆发得越来越频繁。迈克尔向他的妈妈和女朋友如实说出了自己对大卫的怀疑，但她们却觉得他只是太过敏感了，对于自己突然有了一个新爸爸，还需要一段适应的时间。最终，迈克尔为了证明自己的疑虑是有根有据的，开始有目的地逼迫大卫那虚伪的完美表相不断地出现裂痕，而且受到的反击也越来越明显--为了守住自己的秘密，大卫不惜付出任何代价。其实大卫之前也曾尝试过要创造一个自己心目中的完美家庭，不过每一次，他都只是更加深刻地意识到，所谓的尽善尽美，根本就是一个不可能实现的夙愿--然后他会使用一种极端可怕的方式，清除所有的污点和痕迹，重新开始。不过这一回在迈克尔的步步紧逼之下，势必要导致一场令人震惊的最终对质……对于迈克尔来说，保护他的家人免受大卫身体里再一次觉醒的恶魔的侵袭，似乎是再自然不过的选择了。也许在这个世界上，本来就存在着许多被人为的掩盖起来的罪恶，但是到了最后，没有比藏在你家屋檐下的魔鬼更可怕的事了。The soundtrack for the new horror\u002Fthriller The Stepfather bursts out its opening notes (Mutemaths Typical) like its a soundtrack with something to prove. Its an unfortunate opening, especially since the rest of the album (excepting Blurtonias Never Less Than Perfect and CMons Safer When) is mostly made up of darkly depressive alt-rock bitter-ballads, rather than the more nasally punk-rock whining displayed in the opening track. (As an aside, Lightning Swords of Deaths Platinum Camelot is in a metal category of its own on this album and could also have been left out of this compilation). So, minus the four tracks mentioned above, this leaves nine solid selections that manage to hold their own, with Seethers Given taking the prize for best song (with Hoobastanks Say the Same coming in a close second). Like most soundtracks, though, this collection of music serves to capture the general mood of the film. And with the dark themes that run throughout this film, particularly considering that the assumed villain is the wicked titular stepfather, this album has dark and brooding teen angst laced throughout its 44 minutes. And though that angst takes different forms, from drooping melancholy in Drew Smiths melodic Melee to the aforementioned metal screeching of Platinum Camelot. Even the seemingly light-hearted tones of Eternal Summer - a track from Red Means Go - have an underlying sense of teen boredom driving the progression of the music. Overall, this is a collection of music that didnt do much for me. Even Filters eerie cover of Happy Together falls short of being memorable, instead feeling slightly forced and a bit unnecessary. Though the film opened in fifth place this weekend with a respectable $11.6 million for a film with little star power, its doubtful that the soundtrack had much to do with the box office haul. Bands included are Mutemath, Sleep Detectives, Hoobastank, Feersum Ennjin, Drew Smith, Ken Andrews, Blurtonia, Red Means Go, CMon, Lightning Swords of Death, Seether, and Filter.