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The Sadist
🎬 Movie

The Sadist

1963 · 92 min Horror Thriller
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: James Landis

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Arch Hall Jr.

Arch Hall Jr.

Charlie Tibbs

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Richard Alden

Ed Stiles

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Marilyn Manning

Judy Bradshaw

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Helen Hovey

Doris Page

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Don Russell

Carl Oliver

Arch Hall Sr.

Arch Hall Sr.

Radio Announcer / Narrator (voice)

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Joan Howard

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