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David E. Peckinpah (written by)
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Mysterious Multiple Deaths Plague Quiet Neighborhood more
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A paper-boy murders an old lady only to lure her family from the city out to the country. As each day...
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Standard Fare For The Genre, Except The Killer Is Young
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Alexandra Paul | ... | Melissa Thorpe |
 | Marc Marut | ... | Johnny McFarley |
| Brigid Tierney | ... | Cammie Thorpe |
| William Katt | ... | Brian |
| Frances Bay | ... | Mrs. Rosemont |
| Krista Errickson | ... | Diana |
 | Barry Flatman | ... | Mr. McFarley |
| Karyn Dwyer | ... | Brenda |
| Jenny Campbell | ... | Tiffany |
| Mathieu Kermoyan | ... | Uri |
| Claire Riley | ... | Jeanne Stalcup |
| Derek Johnston | ... | Brenda's Boyfriend |
| Bobo Vian | ... | Dora |
 | James Rae | ... | Travis |
| Frelin | ... | Peaches |
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The Paperboy
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Argentina:97 min
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Continuity: When Johnny takes a Polaroid of his own face, he doesn't bare teeth when he smiles. After the photograph develops and is added to the collage of his "family", he is showing teeth.
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Johnny McFarley:
Hey Peaches, want some ribs?
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References The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Marc Marut is convincingly creepy as the young (13 or 14-year-old) paperboy who has a crush/mother fixation. The kid is eerie, especially when he gets excited and his voice squeaks. The movie is interesting and moves along pretty well yet, for this genre, it's standard fare; nothing exceptional.
I might have rated it higher had it not contained yet another example of Hollywood's prejudice against Christianity. Here again we get the message that the kid was nuts because his "strict, religious" mother made him that way. That has become a standard film cliché to explain insanity. Other than that, there was little offensive material, including language.