The Sadist

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The Sadist
Review added by
David Beckett

A Film By James Landis
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 92
Retail Price: £12.99
Release Date: 12/01/2009
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Three people driving to Los Angeles for a Dodgers baseball game break down and pull into an old wrecking yard to look for repairs. However, they become held hostage by two psychotic teenagers with low morals and itchy trigger fingers. As the film progresses the hostages become ever more abused as their abductors uncaringly toy with their lives. Shot in 'real time', this was the first film to be inspired by the real life serial killers Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, subsequently used as the influence for 'Badlands' and 'Natural Born Killers'. The Sadist was also the first feature to be photographed by the Oscar winning D.O.P. Vilmos Zsigmond.

A classic slice of low budget suspense, The Sadist is a tense, gritty thriller whose themes of nihilistic violence and casual brutality are years ahead of its time. Produced by exploitation legend Arch Hall Sr, the time is perfect for this cult film par excellence to find its rightful audience.

Special Features:
Commentary by Vilmos Zsigmond

Video Tracks:
Letterbox 1.78:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English

Directed By:
James Landis

Written By:
James Landis

Starring:
Arch Hall Jr.
Richard Alden
Marilyn Manning
Don Russell
Helen Hovey

Soundtrack By:
Paul Sawtell
Bert Shefter

Director of Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond

Producer:
L. Steven Snyder
Arch Hall Sr.

Distributor:
Powis Square Pictures