Satan's Triangle (1975)

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SATAN'S TRIANGLE

WITHIN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS JUST OFF
THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

MORE THAN A THOUSAND MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HAVE VANISHED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW, OR WHY.

THIS IS ONE EXPLANATION...

/Search and rescue. Code 1, code 1.

/All hands. Search and rescue.
/Code 1, code 1.

/All hands. Search and rescue.
/Code 1, code 1.

/COAST GUARD MIAMI RESCUE

/You are clear for take-off, 1-3-6.

You are clear for take-off.



/What is your problem, 1-3-6?

Alright, buckle in, buckle in.

Miami Rescue,
this is 1-3-6.

We are now
ready for take-off.

What was it this time?
Red-head? Blonde? Brunette?

Never got a chance to find out.

What... and where.

Mayday. Grid 7-2-5.

You won't believe this.

The Devil's Triangle.

Dead center.

All units are red, sir.
Proceeding to mayday.

I love you truly,
yes I do.

More than any other girl
I ever knew.

I love you truly...

Yes, I do.

I love...

Pagnolini! Pagnolini drop it down.

What for?
We're more that 100 miles from target.

Just drop it down.

Not bad.

Is that all you want to think about


Day in and and day out?

No! No, sometimes
I think about you, Pagnolini.

And your foul temper and...

Hey, watch it!

Yes, sir.

None too shabby, though.

Not bad, not bad at all.

I love you, truly. Truly I do.

/Call 1-3-7 to Miami Rescue.

/Go ahead, 1-3-7.

/The bottom just dropped down of our
/thermometer here and the index is rising up.

/We got to return to base immediately.

/Miami to 1-3-7.
/You're clear to return to base.

/How about 1-3-6?

I don't know what that guy
is talking about.

The weather is beautiful up here.

Everything looks clear to mayday.

I see the light below.

Any sign of those two keepers?

I'm serious.

Explain how the keepers
vanished off that island.

Can you explain any of those
spooky things that happened?

In the Triangle.
Explain them to me.

You know, we'd be famous.

Haig and Pagnolini.
I mean, Pagolini and Haig!

You could be in the newspapers,
talk shows, the whole enchilada.

Well, I told you what I think.

Yeah...

Trouble is that not many people
believe in the devil these days.

When you believe in God,
you believe in the Devil.

I believe in God.

God, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny...

The Devil...?

That I can't quite swallow.

Pagnolini and Haig.
I like that.

I love you truly, Pagnolini.


Did 1-3-7 return safely?

/Yes, 1-3-6.

/We've given full mechanical check down
/but found no evidence of reason.

/Do you need any assistance, 1-3-6?

No. Approaching target area now.

/Roger. The Ventures will be there
/08:00 tomorrow morning.

Roger and out.

There is the flare.

And there she is.

She's a motor schooner.
Big one.



You see anyone?

Not yet.

She looks abandoned.

No, wait.

Is that a body hanging
from the main mast?

I got it is.

There is another one
on the forward hatch.

I can tell that he's alive.

Looks like somebody moving inside.

Give me the horn.

- Take the stick.
- Got it.

Hello, "Requite". Please respond.

This is the Coast Guard, "Requite".

Please respond.

Hello, "Requite". Please respond.

This is the Coast Guard!

Better notify Miami.

Miami Rescue, this is 1-3-6.
Come in, please.

Miami Rescue, this is 1-3-6.

Come in, please.

We've lost contact.

- I better go down.
- Ok.

Hey...

Watch yourself.

Right, buddy.

Ready?

Roger, and take it easy.
I'm in a fifteen knot wind.

The man on the hatch is dead.

What about the one on the mast?

He is dead too.

And he's a priest.

I'm going inside.

Right.

- Pagnolini, do you read me?
/- Yes. Do you see anybody inside?

No. Nobody's in the salon.
I'm going below.

Looks like it is blowing
pretty bad out there.

/It is. So get going.

And you stay away from those masts.

Wind is getting rough up here.

Sky is full of electricity.
Whole area looks screwy.

/And my engine is acting up.

The crew's quarters
and the fore cabins are all empty.

All I have left is aft.

Well, hurry it up!

Pagnolini?

Go ahead.

/Make sure that tape recorder is working.

It's been working. What do you got?

I... I found another one.

A man.

/And he's floating in the air.

What's the matter with you?
Cut the jokes!

I'm not joking, Pagnolini.

He's floating in the air,
and he's dead.

/Haig!

/You gotta get out of there!

/My fuel pressure is dropping.

/Haig?

/Come in, Haig.

/Hey, Haig! Come in!

/Haig! Come in!

/Haig, get your tail out of there,
/or I'll leave without you.

Be ready to take up a survivor.

Easy now.

You're gonna be all right.
We're gonna get you out of here.

Alright, hold on.

You're ok? Go on inside.
And get some dry clothes on.

Go on.

Pagnolini, Pagnolini, can you read me?

Haig?

Pagnolini, do you read me?

This thing is shorted out.

Pagnolini, Pagnolini.

Can you read me now?

/Pagnolini, can you read me now? Over.

The both of you are ok?

/Is anybody hurt?

Heig?

No, no, no. We're alright.

/Don't know what happened
/to that cable.

It looks like we're stuck here.

/I'm afraid you are.

/I gotta get out of here fast.
/My engine started acting up again.

/My fuel to get back is borderline.

You're going to be ok.

Yeah.

You promise to light me some candles
when you get back to the base.

Heig?

Heig!

Pagnolini?

We're gonna die on this boat now.

Just like the others.

I'm not ready to die yet.

She's solid and she's sound.

She'll ride it out.

And so will we.

So why don't you...

make us some coffee,
while I...

I try to find some dry clothes.

You'll find some in here.

Underneath the mirror.

Here.

Thanks.

Do you wanna tell me what happend?

It doesn't matter.

I told you we're gonna die, so...

There is no way out
of this damn boat.

All hope abandoned,
ye who...board the Requite.

Here. Sit down.
Sit.

We're gonna be alright.

Sea's calm.

Pretty soon the stars
gonna be coming out.

Don't you know where we are?

Haven't you seen what's happened
on this boat?

You see...

They will wanna know what's happened.

They will wanna know what's happened to...

the man on the deck...

the priest...

And the man in the aft compartment.

So,

So, why don't you tell me?

Alright.

I'll tell you.

We came here for a fish.

Not just any fish.

Hal's fish had to be a striped marlin,

and had to weight at least
a 180 pounds.

How big do you think he is?
Think he's heavy enough?

Aye, it's pretty big.

Baby, I'm gonna wear you out
if it's the last thing I do.

Come on now!

The weight was
the most important thing.

That, and it had to be caught
from a power sailer.

Not a regular fishing boat.
It had to be a power sailer.

That's the way Hal's stepbrother did.

So that's the way
Hal had to do with.

k*ll the panther in Africa.

So Hal had to k*ll
an even bigger one.

It was that way with everything.

Including the marlin?

Including the marlin.

I've never seen Hal so happy.

He and Strickland were like little boys.

Hey, ok, stop reeling.
Open it up a little, Salao.

Now pull back in the rod, and
take that hook as deep as you can.

- That's it.
- My mouth is like cotton. You got any water?

Juano.

Juano, water!

Keep up on that rod, now.
You got him.

You got your bonus, too,
huh, Jack?

We haven't landed him yet.

- Oh, we will. We will.
- He's coming up now.

Pick up that line.

Yeah, he's turning, all right.

Open up, now.
Take up the line.

That's enough.
Get away, get away.

Get the slack out of the line.
Get the slack out.

Juano, take the wheel.

What is it, Salao?

A man adrift.

Salao, what do you see?

Holy Mother of God!

Come on, this is where
all the action is, man!

Hard right rudder!

Slow it down! Slow it down!

Mr. Bancroft, there is a man adrift
off the starboard bow.

We're gonna have to
let your fish go.

The hell we do.

We gotta pick him up.

Radio the Coast Guard.
Let them pick him up.

Hal, we've got to pick him up.

Let it go!

Let it go!

Strickland!

If we lose that fish...

...then you lose $5,000.

Now, you let that sink in.

A man is worth more than any fish.

What the hell are you doing.
Get out of here!

A man of God is worth
all the fish in all the seas.

Strickland...

That's gonna cost you,
and you better believe it.

Let's pick that man up.

Hal came so close.

I couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

Hey, give me that.

Get out of my way.

Juano, reverse engines!

Quick, get the ladder down.

From the moment he came aboard

a strange lightning started

and the weather had suddenly changed.

You're ok, father?

I almost...

lost hope.

Get him alone. Get him some dry clothes
and show him where he can rest up.

God bless you all.

His face was filled with despair,

yet there was a kind of
inner strength.

What's wrong?

The crew!

What do you mean?

- Where do you think you're going?
- We can't stay, capitan.

What do you mean, you can't?
You get back on board.

No, we cannot stay.

We cannot stay
for a priest be on this place.

What does he mean?

- I said, get back on board now.
- No!

No. We cannot stay, capitan,
because it's gonna be a battle.

This gonna be a big battle!

See all this?
All this is the devil's place!

And the priest will be tested,
and my men will die, so we cannot stay!

You will die if you
don't get back on this boat.

Whatever you want, capitan.

We will not stay cause
we gonna die anyway.

- You understand?
- Get back on this boat!

I'm telling you,
get back on this boat!

No! Don't!

Hold your fire!

No!

That's not the way.

Do not blame them for their beliefs.

Two days without food
and this is the best I can do.

It's hard to belive.

I hope you'll excuse me.

I've read that happens to people.

I mean, when they go
without eating for a while.

Yes, my child.
I've read it in a book.

Well, I wouldn't tell you that is one book
that I haven't read.

Evie, why aren't you eating?

He was handsome.

Too handsome.

It would have been easy to forget
he was a priest.

You contact the Coast Guard?

I can't raise them.

There is too much weather
between us and the coast.

That's the way it was...

before we crashed.

There was a storm.

We lost radio contact.

I haven't heard any storm reports
within miles of here for the past week.

Why don't you...

just tell us about it, father?

The weather reports were all clear
when we left Santa Thomas.

The sea was like glass.

I asked pilot to call Miami,
so the ambulance will be ready

for little Miguel, when we arrived.

The child was dying,
and the parish who as they are

raised the money for the operation
that would save his life.

Suddenly we were surrounded
by the strange clouds.

The pilot lost control of the plane.

We tried to get off a mayday,

but the radio was dead.

And then we crashed.

Little Miguel and the pilot
were dead instantly.

How long you were in the air
before it happened, father?



Well, how in God's name
did you get way out here?

Where are we?

Well, you're about 250 miles
northeast of Saint Thomas.

In the Triangle.

What do you mean, "the Triangle"?

The Devil's Triangle.

Well at least that's what people call it.

Why?

Strange things happen here.

Come on, father. Come on.

What kind of things?

Well, the crash.

Things like...

what's happening right here now.

Storms approaching...

out of nowhere.

The radio not working.

The rain, the lightning. Come on, father,
that's conected with the...

What they call that thing?
The northern light, that's it. The northern light.

As far as the radio is not working.

Everybody knows the Earth's magnetic field
is completely out of whack out here.

Yeah.

That's it.

Perhaps.

Some people believe that the Triangle
is the devil's place.

And when it is time for one to die

he tests us here

as he did the Lord in the wilderness.

That's why the crew abandoned us.

Marlin off the stern.

Let's go Strickland,
we got the fish to catch.

It's heavy. I bet it's bigger
than the one we had to cut loose.

You might get that five thousand yet.

We've still go that line out.
Strap up and hook in.

Salao! Salao, start the engine!

- What's the matter?
- I can't get it started.

Let me try.

- Taggin it! He's taggin it!
- We better move in with the sail.

Come on, Strickland,
let's not lose this one.

Ha, ha, ha, what a baby!

Hey, Salao, let me do it.

Hold us steady.

Strickland!

Maybe the crew was right.

We were in the devil's place.

There we were, hundreds of miles from anywhere,

in this dreradful place called
the Devils' Triangle.

No crew, no radio.

The engine wasn't even working.

The storm was getting worse
by the minute and...

...all that anyone could think about
was that damned fish.

Get him!

- Don't let him get away. It could get rougher.
- Don't you worry about me, Strickland.

You just take care of the boat.
I'll take care of the fish.

Father.

Tell me more about this place.

It's been called "The Devil's Triangle"
by seamen for hundreds of years.

The natives call it "El lugar del Diablo",
the place of the devil.

Many people have been lost here.

People,

ships, small boats,

even planes

vanished without a trace.

Yet you survived.

There have been survivals before.

Some claim they had seen
the devil himself.

You said that this is a place
where the devil tests us.

Yes.

You could say that
the Cortinises and I were tested.

And you passed the test.

But the Cortinises,
their baby and the pilot...

...they didn't. Why?

It's not a test of living or dying.

It is a test of faith.

In God or in the devil.

What the hell did you sh**t him for?
He was already tied up.

I had to.
We would have lost him.

All right, let's get him aboard
before we lose him.

All inside now. It's slippery.

Ok, ok...

That's it!

Ok, now grab hold now.

It seems your friend...

has caught his marlin.

You're alright? Are you ok? Let's go.

I said, give me a hand.

Hal and Strickland finally
pulled the fish on deck.

Strickland got his $5.000 bonus.

And Hal had beaten
his stepbrother once again.

We better get him below
or we loose him.

- Then let's do it now.
- Go over there and ask the father.

Hey, father, give us a hand!

Of course!

You better stay inside, my child.

What they went through was madness.

Madness.

Here, you drink it.

You'll need it.

It took them nearly an hour.

With father Martin's help...

they finally managed to get it secured
below the deck.

They stored it below the deck?

Yes, there's... a refrigerator room

right by the storage compartment.

Anyway,

by the time that they were through

the rain had stopped,

as suddenly as it had started.

And the wind had reached
hurricane proportions.

When Strickland and father Martin
came back

Hal wasn't with them.

Where is Hal?

He's down below trying to
imagine how it will look in his trophy room.

Hal was more likely imagining
the expression on his stepbrother's face,

when he realized that Hal
had beaten him once again.

We are not got to be able
to hold her.

We've got to get the sails down.

Father, will you take the wheel and
keep current into the wind?

Yes.

Alright, Salao, cut the sail.

I gotta get the engine started.

Salao, get those sails down.
I'm gonna start the engine.

Don't worry.
Everything will be alright.

Father Martin kept telling me
everything was gonna be alright.

And then it happened.

And then we saw Strickland.

I ran.

I was scared but I ran to see
if I could help him.

Then I saw Salao.

I tried to call for help,

but there was a flash of lightning

and he was gone.

- It was a nightmare.
- Eva!

Salao vanished without a trace,

and Strickland's dead
wedged in that hatch.

Eva, lets go inside!
You cannot stay out here!

Listen, move!
Let's go inside! Move!

Get me out of here!
Strickland!

- Help me, Strickland!
- Hal!

- Oh, God!
- Get me out of here!

- We're coming! We're coming!
- Let me out!

- Just a moment.
- Help me!

Please, get me out of here!

Father!

Help me!

I'm trying!

Step back.

When I came to, it was calm.

Just like it is now.

I knew we were still in a devil's place.

I felt his presence all around me.

Though father Martin try to hide it,
I'm sure he felt it too.

The storm is over.

The mayday signal is working.

The Coast Guard is probably on its way.

We're going to die, father.

I know it.

I just know it.

Please, Eva, hold on to your faith.

He will not forsake you.

He gave up on me
a long time ago, father.

You're wrong, Eva.

We are all his children.

What do you think
that I was doing with Hal?

I'm a prost*tute, father.

That's all I've ever been.

So was Mary Magdalene.

And the Lord loved her

like he loves you.

And do you love me too, father?

Show me.

Show me that you love me.

I love you, Eva...

as God loves you.

Listen.

Listen.

I told you to have faith.

They're here.

They came for us.

- I don't hear anything.
- Yes, I told you they were coming.

Father...

There.

You hear it?

- No.
- I must be sure they see us.

Where are you going?
You can't go up there!

Father, there is nothing.

Father, come down here!
You've got to!

Father! There is no one there!
There is nothing!

Father, don't leave me!

Don't leave me alone, father!

That's all I remember,
until you found me.

Then it was you who I saw
moving around down here.

Almost wish you hadn't.

Enough have died on this boat.

No one's gonna die.

In a couple hours
we'll be on the way to Miami.

Both of us.

After what you've seen here?

You can't really believe that.

I know it.

You figure, because we're at the place
called the Devil's Triangle

the devil is responsible for
everything that's happened, don't you?

How else can you explain
all that's happened here?

Come on.

Come on up on the deck with me.
I wanna show you something.

Come on, come on.

There is no mystery here.

When father Martin heard us coming
he grabbed the flare g*n.

He wanted to make sure we could see his signals
so he ran to climb the mast.

Father Martin was excited.

Probably he'd never been on top before.

He lost his balance when the platform
weakened by the storm gave away.

The fall snapped his neck.

- Are you alright?
- Yeah.

- Sure?
- Yeah.

You wanna hear about Strickland?

From what you told me, Strickland was
more concerned about his money

than getting his engine started.

Not just the $5,000 Hal gave him.

But probably every dollar
he ever earned.

But instead of goin' direcly
to the engine room

he stopped at the bottom of the ladder
to count his money.

When the boat pitched, you and
Father Martin were flying through the air.

And as the bow crashed back into the water...

Strickland was catapulted through the hatch.

The impact has bone crushing.

He was dead before you
ever reached him.

I want you to go out
on the deck again with me.

- Come on.
- I can't go out there again.

Yes, you can.

Look, come on.

There's nothing out here
you haven't alredy seen.

Show me exactly where you were
when Salao disappeared.

I was...

here.

And where was he?

There, up there.

He'd probably been drinking all day.

Salao should have tied off the boom
before he cut the line.

He climbed up on the catwalk
to secure the main boom.

And it knocked him unconscious
and threw him into the ocean.

The lightning probably blinded you
the instant it happened.

Oh, God.

How do you explain this...

what happened to Hal?

I believe I can explain this too.

Once he got the marlin stored in there,

Hal stayed to admire his trophy.

When the storm got worse

he was helplessly thrown about the cabin.

He tried to get out
but was continually thrown back.

Fearing for his life
he tried to climb his way out.

The storm had jammed the door.

That's when you heard him
screaming for help.

You know something?

I don't think I believe
in the devil anymore.

Good.

What are you thinking about?

Pagnolini.

The guy I fly with.

What about him?

I was just wondering if he
made it back to the base all right.

You are really good friends, eh?

Pagnolini?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess we are.

I haven't thought about it much, but...

yes, we are.
He is a good guy.

A little square, but...

he's a good guy.

I'd like to meet him.

Hope you do.

Pagnolini.

Now there's a guy
who always believes.

He's a good guy.
Like I said, a little square...

No vices.

Like you.

No, I've got a couple.

How soon do you think
they'll be coming to get us?

Probably not till dawn.

/1-3-6 to Ventures.
/Am I clear for landing?

/Roger, 1-3-6.
/We are holding course for pick up.

/How am I doing, Ventures?

/Looking fine, 1-3-6.

I don't believe it.

Grab the handrail.

Watch your head.

- Hallo, Pagnolini, I hope...
- Get the belt secure.

- Is he always that angry?
- Always.

- Take care of that body count below.
- Right away, sir.

Make sure we have
enough pictures about that.

- The report has to be extensive.
- Mayers, get on the wheel.

How you find them
God only knows.

Pagnolini,

this is...

Eva.

How do you do.

Pagnolini.

Fasten the belts.
Get her a helmet and a vest.

I don't need them.

Sorry, regulations.

No.

Pagnolini,

If she can survive the last 24 hours,

she doesn't need a helmet.

Well, you can sure pick them,
old buddy.

Like I told you.

No vices.

We'll see.

- Petersen, give me the radio.
- Yes, sir.

- Ventures 3 to Ventures.
/- Go ahead, Ventures 3.

- Have me patched in through to chopper 1-3-6.
/ - Roger.

Hey,

Find out what the cause was
of all that back there?

Just another unsolved mystery,
of the the Devil's Triangle.

Damn it! I asked you a question.

Ok, ok, Pagnolini.

There is a logical explanation to everything.

And no sign of the devil.





This is captain Donnick.
Let me speak to Haig.

- Haig?
- Yeah.

Captain Donnick wants to talk you
on the walkie-talkie.

- I'll talk to him back here.
- Take it up here!

Alright, Pagnolini.

Yes? Yes... Yes, this is Haig.

Your transcript shows
you found a dead body,

male, hanging from the mast.
Correct?

Affirmative.
He's the priest, father Martin.

First name: Peter.

/Peter Martin.

That's not what we found.

We found a woman.

/Long blond hair,
/about five foot eight.

/125 pounds.

/1-3-6, I'm waiting for an answer.
/Respond.

You...!

You've lost your battle, Haig.

You are mine.

Oh, my God.



Captain Donnick, can you hear me?
Come in, please! Come in, please!

Come in, please! Can you hear me?

You will find that's
no longer working, Pagnolini.

What...

What do you want?

You, Pagnolini. Your soul.

It's time, then?

It was for the others.

It doesn't have to be for you.
You know who I am.

I know.

Then you know I can
spare you, Pagnolini.

I'm not afraid to die.

Everybody is afraid to die, Pagnolini.

I am the only one
who can save your life!

- All you have to do is ask me to!
- No.

Ask me, Pagnolini!

Ask me to save your life, Pagnolini!

No! No!

No! I reject you!

If I cannot have your soul,
I will have your body, Pagnolini!

Your wife will love me!

Your children will love me!
She will love me!

No, they won't!

No, they won't.
They'll reject you, too.

As I reject you with the God's name.

Then go to your God, Pagnolini!

Go to your God!

Help me God.

God...

Oh my God,

I'm truly sorry...

for having offended thee.