Satan’s Triangle (1979)

Instant Favorite.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This little made for TV film released in 1975 has the best plot twist I have ever seen in a movie. Just when you think you have it figured out ... Whamo!!The setting is the Bermuda Triangle on a small power sailboat that is drifting in distress. Doug McClure plays the rational and in control coast guard pilot and Kim Novak plays a temptress on the vessel that explains what has happened. The dialogue from another coast guard officer over the radio and on the ship introduces the plot twist: "That is not what we found" makes you see everything differently. Great writing and acting. Well worth the time to find on YouTube and watch. I love this little jewel.

The 1970s saw an explosion of interest in the Bermuda)or Del's Triangle) area off the eastern coast of Floriada, where a number of ships, and aircraft as well have either vanished completely, or been found minus their passengers, or crew. It's surprising they TV did not make more such films during the 1970s(although several documentary films were made, for the big screen, and television as well).In brief, Kim Novak plays Eva, sole survivor of a doomed yacht adrift in the Triangle, whose other crew members have met with various paranormal demises. She's wonderfully sinister, yet beautiful at the same time. Without giving too much away, the twist ending may not be so much a surprise to veteran viewers of this type of programming, but is still quite creepy. I would imagine that this film moves slowly for modern viewers, but many films had a more leisurely style still in th '70s than more recently; not really a flaw in my opinion.I do recommend the film, and apparently, it is now available on DVD, good news for those who recall it from their childhoods like myself.

Back in the mid-1970s there was quite a bit of interest in the Bermuda Triangle, and a few movies were made about the subject. In my opinion, this is the best of those films.Kim Novak (who is absolutely beautiful here) is involved in a sailing trip through the Bermuda Triangle. There are lots of sinister goings-on, and Novak eventually needs to be rescued by Coast Guard Capt McClure and his crew.Good photography, beautiful scenery and great work by Novak and McClure lift this film above the usual 1970s TV movie standards. I won't ruin the ending, but it still scares me, 36 years later! Hold on to something and watch this, but you've been warned about the unexpected, bizarre, and very scary ending. Not for the faint of heart.

The latter-day, 40-something beauty of Kim Novak--striking and yet sinister--is milked for all its worth in this effective TV-made occult suspenser about a Coast Guard pilot investigating a doomed private yacht adrift on the waters, finding a sole survivor who seems to know the ship's many mysteries. The film builds suspense through tension and an atmosphere full of unseen dread. Although I was initially chilled by the well-handled twist ending, I was somewhat disappointed to see the film throw out all its mystery to instead become a battle between good and evil. I don't mean to suggest that's a bad thing, it's just that "Satan's Triangle" was doing such a fabulous job of being scary without being too specific that it's a bit of a letdown to see the story slip into formula. Nevertheless, a creepy, cunning item to jangle the nerves.