This is believed to be the first feature film based on real life serial killers Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate. Mainstream Hollywood would not produce films inspired by the pair until a decade after this one. A number of films were inspired by the duo (some very loosely) and included such major examples as Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973) and Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994)
"At the centre of The Sadist is Arch Hall Jr, the cult B-movie star with an appearance that, in one uneasy package, combined that of an Elvis and Micha..."
"This film is only similar to the story of Charles and Caril in the fact that it has ruthless killers in it. Otherwise, from beginning to end, it says ..."
"I agree with some of the earlier posts that this film might have been the inspiration for films like Badlands and NBK. However,Natural Born Killers is..."
"While not as good as 'Natural Born Killers' or the chilling 'Badlands', this movie portrays the killers similarly, as a pair of feral animals. Someho..."
"If it's true that Olly got his inspiration from this film, then I must say, he took better drugs than I did during the 70s. This flick is much more i..."