Well, after watching Arch Hall, Jr., play what were supposed to be cute, likable heroes in "Eegah!" and "The Nasty Rabbit," but finding him to be creepy and unlikeable, instead, I decided to catch Junior's turn as a giggling psychopath.
And you know what? It works for him. Hall's over-the-top, Jimmy Cagney-like performance in "The Sadist" is nearly perfect playing off the rather square actors who play his victims.
I won't completely spoil the plot, but I will say that Freud would have a field day with this one--what else can you say about a flick that involves a psycho who forces a shirtless man to change a fuel pump at gunpoint? Sit around with your friends one night and psychoanalyze "The Sadist."
And you know what? It works for him. Hall's over-the-top, Jimmy Cagney-like performance in "The Sadist" is nearly perfect playing off the rather square actors who play his victims.
I won't completely spoil the plot, but I will say that Freud would have a field day with this one--what else can you say about a flick that involves a psycho who forces a shirtless man to change a fuel pump at gunpoint? Sit around with your friends one night and psychoanalyze "The Sadist."