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Satan’s Triangle is a 1975 made-for-TV horror, directed by Sutton Roley.

The story revolves around a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter being sent to answer a distress signal emanating from inside the Bermuda Triangle.

The helicopter finds an apparently abandoned vessel, so Haig, the helicopter winch man, (played by the legend that is Doug McClure) is lowered onto the vessel to investigate. He finds a sole survivor called Eva, and due to a twist of fate, the pair must spend the night alone onboard the abandoned vessel.

During this time, Eva tells her tale of a fishing trip gone badly wrong and a creepy priest they pick up adrift at sea who is definitely up to no good. Just to emphasise this fact, there are lots of crashes of thunder and lightning and the priest tells a tale about the Devil’s Triangle. (I told you he was creepy).

Once Eva tells her story she and Haig have the obligatory shag and that really is about it.

Or is it?

I wish I had positive things to say about Satan’s Triangle but unfortunately it commits the cardinal sin of being boring. I would much rather watch a film which was terrible but at least provoked some emotions, than something which is more limp than a wet lettuce.

However, there are a couple of nice moments, such as when Haig first discovers the body hanging from the mast. This is quite well done. Also, later on he finds another body apparently floating in mid air. Again, this is well done and actually rather disturbing.

There is also a neat moment at the end when Haig appears to have been possessed and the film ends on him with a rather evil grin on his face. But my goodness, it doesn’t half take its time to get there.

I love a bit of Bermuda Triangle action – the 1970s was full of these kinds of stories – but sad to say that Satan’s Triangle is an utter snooze fest of the highest order.