The Sadist

The Sadist (1963)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (1,103 ratings)

If you want to truly be scared out of your socks, we strongly recommend the hellishly horrific low-budgeter Profile of Terror. Arch Hall Jr., heretofore the colorless star of such cheapies as Wild Guitar and Eegah!, is disturbingly convincing as a sadistic thrill killer. When three schoolteachers… More

R, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
James Landis
Genres
Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
On DVD
Jan 21, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Felix Vasquez Jr., Film Threat

    This vehicle is a tense and rather creepy little thriller...

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The Sadist gets a lot of bang for its dollar.

  • Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    The key to its success is the decision ... to take time out from Junior's grooming as a movie matinee idol and cast him as a sniveling creep

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Greg S


    Three schoolteachers are held hostage in a junkyard by a serial killer (based on Charles Starkweather). B-movie gem that alchemizes a greasy, over-the-top performance by failed teen idol Arch Hall, Jr. with a taut and tawdry script to produce masterful suspense.

  • _kelly .


    Second time watching this. First time was on Rob Zombie hosted TCM Underground but I was too stoned to remember the whole thing. Second time is right now on RealPlayer SuperPass (and I'm sure a few other streaming services offer it too). And for my "Went Down the Wrong… More

  • Patrick D


    This is the earliest film I've seen that very much resembles the horror subgenre that Last House of the Left, and definitely possesses the rawness and brutality that the best of those films have as well.

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