The evil stepmother has been a source of fear and dread for eons. The Grimm brothers knew it β they disliked stepmothers as much as they disliked wolves. Horror has picked that same scab again and again over the years, but itβs not just that mom-substitute that you need to worry over. As we discover this week, stepdads β especially the heavily bearded, ax-weilding variety β are just as problematic.