Product Details

• Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Joan Severance, Marshall Bell, Richard Burgi, John Toles-Bey
• Directors: Anthony Hickox
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC, HiFi Sound
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: June 20, 1997
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303308163
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,154 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When a woman stands in the way of a man's revenge it can be deadly". "This is a suspenseful, tautly told thriller".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average erotic thriller, made more delicious by Severance, August 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Payback [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw the unrated version of this movie a few years back and I've been leery of buying the R-rated version for fear of significant edits. It's an average B-movie potboiler about an ex-con who finds work and a lot more than he bargained for at a diner in the middle of nowhere.
The luscious Joan Severance (dyed blonde here) stars as the co-owner of the diner, along with her blind husband, who by freak coincidence (or is it?), is a former guard at the prison the ex-con was at. Drifter and wife become lovers and plot against blind hubby.
C. Thomas Howell has been doing satisfactory work in these B-movie roles for years now, and he was almost unrecognizable as the weedy hippie-like ex-con. He did a good job with the character, but looking as he did, it was simply not believable that a hottie like Joan Severance would fall for him. They have some steamy scenes together. Joan is an awesome woman to look at. Eyes that will melt your heart and a body that will not quit.
I'm glad someone pointed out somewhere that this was actually an unofficial adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice, made famous onscreen by Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. I wouldn't have made the connection immediately.
Severance and Howell seemed to like working together and starred in two other movies together: Dangerous Indiscretion and Matter of Trust.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't take this film off my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!, June 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Payback (1994, Unrated/Special Director's Cut, SP) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love the scene in the kitchen and the garage. This is the movie of Joan Severance that i really like most. I've look anywhere for this film, now I'm going to have it. Thanks to amazon.com. But I really love to have it on DVD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Joan Severance in noir type thriller, August 20, 2003

By 

J. Houzet "wozamoya" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Payback [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's Joan Severance. Yeah, she's blonde in this one, but it's still Joan Severance. Black Scorpion. Need I say more? Three stars for the appearance by Joan Severance.