Just when I thought it was going to be a slow week, the disc announcements keep on coming!  From the Shout! Factory press release:

80′s cult classic horror flick The Stepfather is set for Blu-ray release for the first time ever, remastered and featuring new bonus features otherwise only available on Shout! Factory’s 2009 DVD release of the film. Available on Shout! Factory on June 15, the film stars Terry O’Quinn (Lost), in a role that won him a nomination for Best Actor at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards and the Saturn Awards. The Stepfather was selected as one of the year’s Top 10 movies by Vanity Fair, Village Voice and LA Weekly and featured on Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments special. A remake of the film from Screen Gems, starring Dylan Walsh
(Nip/Tuck) and Sela Ward (The Guardian, Once and Again), hit theaters in 2009.

Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn) is a man obsessed with having the perfect ”American Dream” life – including the house with the white picket fence in the suburbs, an adoring wife and loving children. He believes he’s found it when he marries Susan Maine (Shelley Hack) and becomes the stepfather to Susan’s 16-year-old daughter, Stephanie (Jill Schoelen). But Stephanie gets an uneasy feeling when she is around Jerry with his ”Father Knows Best” attitude – she can see that there is a darker side behind his cheerful exterior. Could he be the same man who brutally murdered his family just one year earlier? . . .

Special features include an audio commentary with director Joseph Ruben, film trailers (HD), a still gallery, and The Stepfather Chronicles – an all-new retrospective featuring interviews with director Joseph Ruben, producer Jay Benson, actress Jill Schoelen, author Brian Garfield and others on the making of the film and its enduring legacy (HD).

I’ve never seen this film and didn’t bother with the recent remake, but this release is looking to be up to Shout!’s usually high standards (the company released the film to DVD in October of last year).  I dare say I’m looking forward to it!  The Stepfather Blu-ray is up for pre-order at Amazon.com at a reduced price of $19.99 (26% off retail).