Product Details

• Actors: Jim Blanchette, Sean Michael Allen, Alexandra Paul, William Katt
• Directors: Matt Hill (II)
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: August 15, 1995
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303234453
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,440 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great thriller/horror movie, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Paperboy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The movie kept my on the edge of my seat. The screenplay was excellent, and the actors did a wonderful job, particularly Alexandra Paul (as the young single mother) and Marc Marut (the paperboy). Watch it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PSYCHOTIC DELIVERY, May 27, 2004

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This review is from: The Paperboy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Marc Melut is THE PAPERBOY, and has our screenwriter given us the most fiendish HUMAN child demon on the screen since Patty McCormack's BAD SEED. Marc is a 12 year old who has a fascination with his next door neighbor's daughter. He wants a family, and Melissa Thorpe is his ideal mommy. So he suffocates the mother, necessitating Melissa's return from Boston to her hometown in Ohio. Melissa arrives with her young daughter and meets what appears to be a remarkably nice and attentive young boy. However, Johnny's dementia is deep; he's killed his mother, and his father is a gold equipment salesman who has no time for him. So Johnny decides to become a member of Melissa's family and look out to anyone who stands in his way.
THE PAPERBOY is a tragic, and at times, melodramatic movie. However, Marc's performance is so youthful and sincere that you ALMOST feel sorry for him. There is no excuse for the murders and agony he brings those he feels will keep him from Melissa.
Alexandra Paul (Baywatch) plays Melissa with a quiet intensity, and does very well. Brigid Tierney as her daughter Cammie is very good, too. William Katt (House) is the resident stud who is getting too close to Melissa for Johnny's liking.
The direction keeps things moving and the ending doesn't cop out on you. A decent thriller, it probably lost a lot of marketing due to the premise of having a child killer.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, February 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Paperboy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have seen this film time and time again and I have never got bored of it. Marc Marut is brilliant in the part of an evil 12 year old. Do yourself a favor and get The paperboy. You won't regret it!