Satan's Sadists . Austin Chronicle . 08-17-98

Satan's Sadists

DIRECTED BY: Al Adamson

REVIEWED: 08-17-98

Satan's Sadists (D: Al Adamson, 1969; with Russ Tamblyn, Regina Carrol) is one of the director's genuine atrocities, featuring his then-wife Carrol and a bloated, stoned Tamblyn at his drug-riddled nadir. It's the story of a crew of bikers led by Tamblyn who go on a murder spree in the Southwestern desert until they tangle with clean-cut AIP regular Gary Kent, playing a returned Vietnam vet and former Marine MP. A mustachioed biker dude named Acid spikes the coffee of a group of coeds with about two ounces of liquid LSD (truly enough to dose the water supply of a city the size of Victoria). The puffy Tamblyn kills off the girls after a lame-oid hallucination sequence that consists of zooming in and out and cranking the camera in and out of focus. It's a sick, sick biker flick that would be genuinely chilling if it wasn't so damned amateurish and cheesy. "Ripped from the pages of today's headlines, a tidal wave of human garbage!" crowed the trailers. Yeah, right.

--Jerry Renshaw

Other Films by Al Adamson
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
The Horror of the Blood Monsters

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