{"id":41873,"date":"2026-04-13T08:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41873"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:21:11","slug":"the-step-daddy-on-demand-digital-april-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/the-step-daddy-on-demand-digital-april-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"THE STEP DADDY | On Demand &amp; Digital April 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>THE STEP DADDY<\/strong> arrives <strong>On Demand and Digital April 28, 2026<\/strong>, bringing a new horror\u2011thriller from writer\u2011director <strong>Thomas J. Churchill<\/strong> (<em>The Salem Chronicles<\/em>, <em>Night Carnage<\/em>, <em>Devilreaux<\/em>) to audiences at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Step Daddy (2026) Official Trailer - Vincent M. Ward, Lew Temple, Ptosha Storey\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/28dLudZfu_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When a seemingly charming stepfather suddenly stabs his wife and stepson, it ignites a horrifying chain of monstrous murders. On the surface, <strong>Tim<\/strong> appears to be a thoughtful, mild\u2011mannered family man \u2014 but beneath that fa\u00e7ade lurks an insatiable killer, always hunting for his next victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the body count rises and his new family begins to sense the evil within him, the race is on to stop this brutal sociopath before he claims another life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CAST<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vincent M. Ward<\/strong> (<em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, <em>The Black Hamptons<\/em>, <em>Haus of Vicious<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ptosha Storey<\/strong> (<em>The Oval<\/em>, <em>Empire<\/em>, <em>The Young and the Restless<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lew Temple<\/strong> (<em>Kidnap<\/em>, <em>Lawless<\/em>, <em>Unstoppable<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nick Gomez<\/strong> (<em>Fargo<\/em>, <em>Hightown<\/em>, <em>She\u2011Hulk: Attorney at Law<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thomas J. Churchill<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster-660x990.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-step-daddy-poster.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE STEP DADDY arrives On Demand and Digital April 28, 2026, bringing a new horror\u2011thriller from writer\u2011director Thomas J. Churchill (The Salem Chronicles, Night Carnage, Devilreaux) to audiences at home. SYNOPSIS When a seemingly charming stepfather suddenly stabs his wife and stepson, it ignites a horrifying chain of monstrous murders. On the surface, Tim appears\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/the-step-daddy-on-demand-digital-april-28-2026\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,4396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-trailers","category-movies","category-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41875,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41873\/revisions\/41875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}