moviefancindy Review of Satan's Blade

Satan's Blade (1984)

I loved this campy whodunit with a lot of twists--very artsy, too.

[10/10 · 12 September 2009]

I loved it! A typical 80's slasher flick, and at the same time untypical. It's a campy whodunit with a lot of twists. All the clues are there. The continuity's perfect. Also, the director put in a lot of ARTSY shots (like the mist over the lake with the flute solo). Hats off to the director. To the critics here, obviously they don't know how hard it is to make a movie, so hats off to the producer, too. Clearly this film had a small budget, but the fact they could make it in 35mm color film, and not 16mm, was great. Probably the worst part of the movie is the acting. Some of the actors were fairly good, but a couple of the actors were pretty bad. The worst was probably Tom Bongiorno, who I'd bet has not been hired to do another movie again, even a bad one. One of the best actors was Janeen Lowe. The plot, there is actually a plot, is a pretty good one. It manages to come full circle, and tie up all the loose ends.