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Actors: Arch Hall Jr., Richard Alden, Marylin Manning, Helen Hovey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Sadist |
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Three teachers, Ed, Judy and Carl, on their way to a ball game have car trouble. They pull into a repair/junk yard for assistance, but there's nobody around. Ed finds the problem and begins to fix it by replacing the fuel pump.
Out of nowhere, Charlie and his girlfriend, Doris, two criminals in the middle of a killing spree, show themselves. Charlie forces Ed to continue working and plans to take their car. Blood thirsty, Charlie shoots and kills Carl.
Ed and Judy try to devise several plans, but are always thwarted by Charlie. They think they're saved when two cops arrive, but Charlie kills them too.
Finally, Ed takes a chance. He sprays Charlie's eyes with gas and he and Judy are able to hide.
Temporarily blinded, Charlie accidentally kills Doris.
Judy escapes and runs into the hills.
Charlie corners and kills Ed and then goes ater Judy.
Judy eventually comes across a house, but it's abandoned. She hides, but Charlie finds her.
As Charlie Chases Judy he falls down an old well filled with rattlesnakes and is attacked and killed.
Judy survives and escapes.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Sadist |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
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