Hitchcock's Bomb Theory: When the audience is aware of a danger such as The Bomb under the table, but the characters are unaware of it. In the Stepfather the Killer is the bomb as the audience know about his previous history which is given in the opening scene, whereas the characters are unaware and think that he is an innocent man.
The False Plateau: Suspense is built up, but then the audience are made to feel carm/relaxed - Then the shock happens for example, The woman in the bath in Fatal Attraction coming back to life. This is also used in the Stepfather, when The woman stabs the Killer in the neck. We believe that he is now dead but then he reappears behind when the camera focuses on the victims.
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