‘A tale of mounting terror’
Satan’s Triangle is a 1975 American made-for-TV horror film directed by Sutton Roley (The Curse of Dracula TV series; Chosen Survivors; Sweet, Sweet Rachel) from a screenplay by William Read Woodfield (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea). The movie stars Kim Novak, Doug McClure and Alejandro Rey.
The soundtrack score was composed by Johnny Pate (Doctor Black, Mr. Hyde; So Evil, My Sister).
A USCG pilot and his winchman Haig (Doug McClure) answer an SOS call at sea and arrive at a derelict schooner, the Requite. Haig lowers himself to the ship, where he finds three dead bodies along with one survivor, Eva (Kim Novak), cowering in the cabin.
As the pilot attempts to retrieve Haig and Eva with a rescue basket, the line breaks, plunging the two into the ocean. After they swim back to the boat, the pilot informs Haig that he must return to base because his fuel is borderline.
Eva and Haig spend the night on the boat, during which time she recounts the story of the storm that killed everyone else aboard. One man was hurled through a hatch; one is hanging from the ship’s mast; another vanished before her eyes; and a fourth man is in an aft compartment, floating in the air.
Eva attributes the deaths to supernatural causes, but Haig has a practical explanation for everything, including the man who appears to be floating in the air…
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Choice dialogue:
Haig: “I believe in God. God, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny. The Devil? That I can’t swallow…”
Eva: “We’re going to die on this boat now. Just like the others.”
Cast and characters:
Kim Novak … Eva – Tales That Witness Madness; Bell, Book and Candle
Doug McClure … Lt. J. Haig – The House Where Evil Dwells; Humanoids from the Deep; The People That Time Forgot
Alejandro Rey … Father Martin – TerrorVision; The Ninth Configuration; The Swarm
Ed Lauter … Strickland, the ship’s captain + Python; Magic
Jim Davis … Hal –The Day Time Ended; Dracula vs. Frankenstein; Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter
Michael Conrad … Lt. Commander. Pagnolini – Scream Blacula Scream
Trent Dolan … Miami Rescue Lieutenant
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