THE SADIST is an example of your typical indie slasher in which a bunch of characters out camping in the woods are mercilessly killed by a serial killer who has escaped from a local asylum. This film's production values are a step up from the usual bottom-of-the-barrel proceedings but the wooden cast make it hard going and there's no gore to speak of. The film really suffers from its own predictability, and the only interest comes from the casting of cult horror icon Tom Savini who has a ball as the killer.