The Sadist (1963)

Directed by

James Landis

Genre

exploitation film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sadistic young man and his companion hold a teacher and two students captive at a remote junkyard. The hostages try to survive as the killer plays cruel games with them.

tenseclaustrophobicgrimrelentlessgrittylow-budgeteerieharrowing

What happens

The Sadist (also known as Profile of Terror and Sweet Baby Charlie) is a 1963 American thriller film written and directed by James Landis. It stars Arch Hall, Jr. as a psychopathic spree killer, patterned after Charles Starkweather, who takes a trio of hostages at a junkyard. The low-budget, independent film is notable for being the debut of future Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond. It was distributed by Fairway International Pictures in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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