Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

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Absolutely Fantastic

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

OK telling of strange goings-on in the world's most famous 'hot spot'.Haig (Doug McClure) is an irresponsible helicopter rescue worker who derails his investigation of a seemingly abandoned ship so he can try to make it with the lone woman survivor he finds hiding on board.Meanwhile, Pagnolini (Michael Conrad) is the helo pilot who DOES NOT have his head up his butt. When he realizes that Haig is taking too long to return to the deck of the ship with the survivor, Pagnolini smartly high-tails it out of there so he can refuel, as well as not having to listen to Haig destroy the pronunciation of Pagnolini's Italian name -- it's pronounced Pon-yo-lini, not Pag-o-lini (idiot Hollywood writers).Some eerie moments, but mostly an exercise in 'looking-at-the-clock-while-waiting-for-the-ending'.

Satan's Triangle (1975) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Nice made-for-TV horror film has a Coast Guard rescuer (Doug McClure) landing on a boat and discovering everyone on board is dead with the exception of one woman (Kim Novak). The two must stay on the ship until the next day and that's when the woman tries to explain what happened to everyone else. SATAN'S TRIANGLE is a pretty good take on the Bermuda Triangle myth and for the most part it's entertaining. The biggest problem is the title, which pretty much gives away the explanation of what's going on, which is a real shame because the twist at the end is pretty good and even so with viewers knowing what to expect. The film opens up talking about the various things to disappear from this area and then it talks about how this is one explanation. Who knows how true it is but for the most part I thought the screenwriters made it work and the explanation is an interesting one. It also doesn't hurt that we get two fine leads offering up good performances. Novak plays it rather sexy here and for the most part I thought she was good in the role. McClure was also good in the lead as was supporting players Ed Lauter and Alejandro Rey who plays a priest. Director Sutton Roley does a nice job with the pacing of the film and I also thought the scenes showing the dead bodies was quite effective. Again, the film manages to be very entertaining from start to finish but one wishes the secret would have been hidden more but I guess the title is what would bring some people to the movie.

Yes thank you because i never think knwow what is the real title of one of the most frighten movie that i saw when i was a child. I saw it when i was 8 in France, and i think that it's a big mistake of the channel, because it was a Sunday at 5 pm. Every time in a party, there's always someone who tell you that the most frighten movie he saw was this Satan's triangle but no one can remember the title. Of course, i never saw this movie again, but i don't really know if i want to see it again : child's memories are currently better than the real thing... If you want, you can go on my little blog, i create the top 5 of the most frighten movie when i was child, and the most frighten movie of my little life (i'm a 32 years old now...) : http://maxcastleisalive.skynetblogs.be/?date=20050831#2570692

I remember when this was second run (it was part of some weekly TV-movie series, similar to the NBC Mystery Movie but without the recurring characters). I missed the original running, but a lot of kids at school were talking about it the next morning, so when reruns came around (maybe 6 months later), I made sure to watch it.I remember that it was eerie (not really frightening, but more suspenseful), especially the twist at the end (won't give it away). Probably not the best movie for a nine-year-or-so-old kid to see on his own (thanks to my parents having friends over to play bridge or something, I got to see it on colour TV instead of my dad's old b/w) but at least I had something to talk about the next day at school, with all the other kids who missed it the first time! Had no idea who the actors were at the time, but Doug McClure's acting was the best. Everyone else's wasn't terrific, but good enough for TV, and the writing was stellar - too bad they churn out such junk and charge you $8 or whatever it is now, when you used to see good stuff for "free" (you just had to put up with commercials).Would like to see it again, because the rerun (1976?) was the last time I saw it.