BA_Harrison 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.

videorama-759-859391 I remember this film being quite bad, when seeing it years ago. My sharp recollections were confirmed tonight. Amateur is one word that springs to mind. The acting is atrociously and unbelievably bad, especially the hammed dying scenes at the start, amongst some quite shocking violence. Satan's Blade is one of the more quieter titles from the Palace Explosive titles. The acting looks so rehearsed and sometimes robotic while using that term loosely. We have some amateur zoom in shots and the story isn't explained clearly enough. The strongest and only impactful part of the film, lies with in the first ten minutes, with some nice lesbian themes thrown in, and a sort of twist to the viewer, when those two bank robbers, remove their masks, the butch lesbian, turning on her friend for more moolah, before fate deals her a vengeful hand. It's of a faceless killer, brandishing a evil clutched knife, that obviously possesses each soul that touches it, turning them into a killing machine. That's basically the gist of the story we get from what's shallowly offered, just another failing that makes this film a stinker. There's no guessing, that the film obviously has a zero survival count at the end, for the quartet of girl lodgers, and the neighboring duo/married couple, amidst them some not so bad so performances. Satan's Blade just stinks of Amateurville, while the opening music score, and the ten minute opening are the other two things I liked about it. Try and work out, near the end, why the killer, talks in two tones of voice. Forgettable and dreadful horror.

cyberelf-1 Satan's Blade is old style B-horror flick for all of you old fogies out there who watched the likes of Moona-Lisa (Lisa Clark) who hosted both B-SciFi and B-Horror film shows before Elvira. It has become a small cult film with clips showing up on various websites. The rag-tag cast, some of whom whine so much in other comments, should appreciate more how much the director did with so little—both talent and money. Shooting 35mm film is watching a stream of $100 bills flow out of your pocket as fast as the film runs through the camera, and you don't know if what you shot is usable until long after it is done. Not todays HD video cameras shooting direct to hard disk. OK, so we are all jaded by the great special effects in modern horror and SciFi, but this independent horror film is cutting edge for its time. It was produced before the first Halloween movie and others that followed it; if things had been but a little different Satan's Blade could have been the hit leader of this sub-genre. It has the supernatural slasher/killer, and the waiting victims in a remote mountain lodge. The director manages some artsy film making to make up for a lack post production effects. If the director had had the budget and acting talent in Halloween we would all be talking about how Halloween and all these other films were just a rip-off of Satan's Blade.

Bub_the_zombie Fan's of cheesy horror films are in a different class all to themselves. The old saying that "one man's trash is another man's treasure' could never be more true when it comes to the cesspool of surprises this film delivers.Satan's Blade is quiet a rare film. The acting sucks, and the camera work isn't award worthy, and the wounds themselves look like 'red jam'- but on the right terms, this does deliver in the scare department.Supposedly, the tale of 'the mountain man' floating around at a snowy resort isn't a legend after all. Two girls were murdered in one of the cabins where the killer left what seems to be a tribal signature of blood on the walls.Two married couples and a group of fun loving girls make their way to cabin. They don't seem too worried by the fact that two people were murdered right next door. If that's not bad enough, the only cabin empty is the cabin where the two girls were murdered. The girls agree to stay and the rest is history. I don't know, but shouldn't there be a lengthy police investigation? Just checking) Anyway, the film's strong point is its location - A snowy isolated resort in the high mountain region of what seems to be California. It adds an extra bit of oomph to it that actually masks the all around badness of the movie.There's some genuinely disturbing slash sequences in this flick. Obviously inspired by Halloween, the director gave us a lot of Halloweenesque lighting and camera-work - not to mention the piano score.If a cheese lover loves cheese and scares, he'll devour this little slasher rarity. I highly suggest all you 'completists' out there to pick this one up while there's still VHS tapes floating around. This may never see a legit DVD release.