This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

This movie begins with a violent bank robbery after which the participants meet their own nasty demises. Then, the cabin in which the participants had holed up is later rented by some lovely young ladies, who don't seem to mind too much that they're staying in what is still basically a crime scene. Two couples rent the cabin next door. It's only a matter of time after that, that everybody becomes fair game for a sadistic knife-wielding cretin.The opening with the robbers makes you think that you might actually be in for some surprises, but that proves not to be the case. "Satan's Blade" is pretty routine in terms of slasher cinema. Still, it ticks enough boxes to rate as acceptable entertainment for devotees of the genre. Sexy women (who sometimes show some skin), tacky (but not that prevalent) gore, a respectable if not great body count, and a mystery aspect to the killers' identity (which, when revealed, doesn't exactly come as a shock). Oh yeah...and there's a "legend" around these here parts, related by the lodge owners' mother, that doesn't sound particularly interesting. The music score, composed by Martin Jaquish (who also edited, and plays the bank manager), is piano and keyboard-driven stuff that is actually pretty good...for the most part. One minor novelty is the wintry, woodsy setting.In terms of our cast, we have cheesy actors giving cheesy performances, but in their defence, the cast is likeable enough. Thomas Cue, who also wrote the script, plays chow hound husband Al. Top-billed Tom Bongiorno plays his heroic buddy Tony. Director / executive producer L. Scott Castillo Jr. has a cameo right at the end of the picture. But it's that persistent boom mic that keeps fighting the human cast for screen time.Overall, "Satan's Blade" is good for some fun. It may be on the low budget, more obscure side of slasher cinema, but fans will note that it's certainly not among the worst of them; it flows well enough (once it really gets going) and has its amusements throughout.Six out of 10.

This obscure '80s slasher starts off in a promisingly mean-spirited style with a bank heist in which the staff, a pair of women, are cruelly shot in cold blood. Making off with $50,000, the two bank robbers—Trish and Ruth (Mary Seamen and Meg Greene)—head to a rented mountain cabin where they stash the cash and wait for cohort George, an ex-employee at the bank, to arrive. As Trish gets ready to take a bath (Seaman providing the first spot of gratuitous nudity in a film that doesn't skimp on the T&A), she is shot and killed by Ruth, who intends to take all of the loot for herself. Things don't go as Ruth plans, however, when she is stabbed in the back by an unseen assailant. Soon after, the police arrive on the scene, investigating a report of gun shots, where they find the two dead girls and a bloody symbol daubed on the wall. So far, so fun, despite the questionable performances and shoddy production values.It's a shame, then, that the film drags horribly for the next forty minutes, with the arrival of two groups of vacationers at the rental cabins, which are still open for business despite the grisly multiple murders the night before (a group of girls even move into the very same cabin in which the killings took place, the bodies having been removed and the walls scrubbed clean. Who needs forensic evidence anyway?). The girls' neighbours are two married couples who have come for a few days of relaxation, fishing, skiing and drinking, all of which proves extremely tedious for the viewer (the dreadful 'drunk' scene is particularly embarrassing to watch). Only the girls stripping to their nightwear makes this part of the film bearable.Thankfully, things pick up a bit for the last half an hour, starting with that mainstay of the slasher genre—the shower scene—followed by the massacre of the group of girls by the still unseen knife wielding maniac (best kill: a big-breasted topless blonde getting stabbed in the tit!). When Stephanie (Stephanie Leigh Steel), who has been out for a walk while her pals are being attacked, finds her friends' bodies, she runs to the neighbouring cabin to find help, the killer not far behind.Anyone familiar with the genre will have no problem guessing how things play out from here, although the identity of the maniac is unexpected, probably because it doesn't make any sense.5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for the lo-fi synth score that really adds to the atmosphere.

"Satan's Blade" opens with a nasty bank robbery.Two female robbers murder two bank tellers after bit of sexual humiliation and run to a snowy resort in the mountains.Girls hope to hide out for a while and meet their third partner but they are all murdered.The next day Tony,Lisa,Al and Lil come to the same winter resort when criminals were killed.A group of girls hires another cabin.Old lady tries to warn all of them about the legend of crazed mountain man,but nobody cares.Bad mistake because after some scenes of talking and wandering around the killer starts slashing his victims with titular knife.Amateurish but surprisingly nasty slasher flick with surprisingly decent acting and fairly complex script.L. Scott Castillo's direction is pretty uneven but the stabbings are mean-spirited and the agony of actresses is well-captured.This film is much better than "Savage Water".6 satanic blades out of 10.

Well I saw the film...no wait I was in the film...Well wait again ..I "starred" in the film. Yes 25 years later the severely impaled "Tony" (Tom B) lives to tell about his tale.First of all. No illusions here then or now. The film is absolutely one of the worst ever made. LOL. From the moment I got on set in Big Bear I knew the film was doomed. The only thing that surprised me is why they shot in 35mm when 16mm would have been much less expensive affording more funding for special efx. I thought if they were going to make an exploitation film there should be blood blood blood, No they did not cut out the blood ...there was none. The rental Police car had a blown transmission (thanks to the guys who picked it up in LA and screamed up BIg Bear Mountain lights a flashing) so that beast had to be pushed scene to scene by the grips some of whom may have given up their younger sisters to be on a 35mm film shoot.OK There was never any finished script. Nor any appreciable direction for the "back story." The filler between killings. The drunk scene was totally improved as a way to get to the girls cabin. (The Jack was real, the acting not, go figure).We were handed daily pages of dialog to shoot that day. We never knew what was coming next or what just happened! LOL, But we had the time of our lives up there as it was a 6 week long continuous party. And for that I am glad to have participated.I myself walked out of the "premiere" showing in San Diego embarrassed to the max . The only saving grace was that if the film was as bad as I thought it was no one would see it.Yet 25 years later some are still writing about it here LOL. That I would have NEVER predicted. Well there's the phone......MAy be Scott looking to shoot the sequel......oh thats right I died.