Revenge of the Stepford Wives

OK, so the plot is far-fetched, lame and offensive - the movie is a hoot! Keep in mind that I would watch anything with Sharon Gless - but she and Julie Kavner are a good team. A young Don Johnson appears as bland and clued-out Kavner's cop husband. Sharon, the reporter, arrives to do a story on the perfect town of Stepford. She hires Julie as an assistant who promptly gets nabbed by the Stepford gang. Her husband is in on it, of course. Sharon sets out to save Julie - Don and the whole town set out to stop her. Lots of chases, peril and the bad guys get what they deserve. Save it for a rainy day when you want a taste of some familiar TV faces in their early years.

So here I am changing the channels on my expanded all digital channel line-up late one night, and I find the lovely Sharon Gless trying to escape being knifed by Julie "Marge Simpson" Kavner in total late 70's fashion, AND I LOVE IT! Just when it couldn't get any better, in walks Don Johnson and Audra "Mrs. Roper" Lindley (who deserved that Oscar nomination for "Desert Hearts" years back) and I am on the floor!! This movie has got to be the latest undiscovered "gem" in the last 25 years! Who cares how bad the story is. This is CLASSIC!!!

I just saw this film today and thought it was entertaining. I've seen the original Stepford Wives and read the book- and I'm a big fan, but I don't really take this film seriously. Some of the acting is bad- the Stepford Wives are nowhere near as great in this one than in the original- in this one the robotic acting isn't that good. But I still like the plot- and it's very entertaining, and unintenionally funny. I knew I recognised Julie Kavners voice- i checked IMDB and she sounds excatly like Selma from the simpsons in real life! Anyway- I wouldn't say it was a really bad film- and the ending was great!

Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980) is a movie I recently watched on YouTube. The storyline follows a magazine that wants to write an article on the amazing town of Stepford that has no crime and once people move there no one wants to leave. Shortly after the newspaper reporter arrives she quickly finds her life at risk as she gets to see how people behave in the unique town.

This movie is directed by Robert Fuest (The Abominable Dr. Phibes) and stars Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey), Don Johnson (Miami Vice), Julie Kavner (Click), Audra Lindley (The Relic), Mason Adams (Son in Law) and Arthur Hill (The Andromeda Strain).

The reporter angle was a good plot for a sequel. I will say this does have a lower budget feel and cinematography. You can tell this was a made for television movie. The men in this are more apparent on how they execute their plans and use the community for help than the previous picture since the cat is out of the bag. The costar, Meg, has a annoying voice that drove me crazy all movie. 😂 The Stepford women are well depicted and the kills and action are more fun than good.

Overall this is a huge step down from the original but is still a fun viewing. Don Johnson was entertaining in this role. I would score this a 5.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

Maybe if I had never seen the original or read the book, I might have been mildly amused, but I doubt it. The fact is the husbands were killing their wives and replacing them with robots. An idea scarier today than it may have been then because it seems more possible that it could happen in the near future. But this movie's premise that the wives are servants because once a day when a big horn sounds, they all drop everything and take a pill is pretty stupid. If I were Ira Levin, I would've sued.