What fiendish passion
twisted his mind? What made him torment, torture, kill?
"Arch Hall Jr. shatters all
previous conceptions as giggling thrill-killer Charley Tibbs - one of the
nastiest nutcases in screen history!" - Shock Cinema
"A taut little B-picture about a
psychotic punk who terrorizes three innocent people at a roadside gas
station." - Leonard Maltin
"A genuinely tense,
nerve-wracking trash thriller heightened by Arch's moronic sneer and the
unbelievable structure of his blonde pompadour." – Jerry Renshaw,
The Austin Chronicle
A
human volcano of unpredictable terror!
The Sadist is a film so horrifying in
its implications that it will haunt you for the rest of your life. Charlie
Tibbs, an escaped homicidal maniac, has left a trail of rampage and murder
across the countryside. When a group of school teachers stop to repair their
car on a desolate highway, they are brutally attacked by Tibbs who tortures
them in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Arch Hall, Jr., who starred in a
series of Fairway-International films in the 60s, had previously only been cast
as all-American rock 'n' roll types. In The Sadist, however, he gives the
performance of his career in a role so unforgettable that his ferocity remains
unsurpassed in the annals of horror. Hall's portrayal, along with a vivid
screenplay and cinematography by future Academy Award-winner Vilmos Zsigmond
(The Deer Hunter), creates a powerful work of art that is as shocking now as it
was in 1963.
Never before a motion picture
rampacked with suspence... terror... sudden shock, as The Sadist!