ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

acidburn-10 Plot = A group of girls and a pair of married couples head off to a cabin in the mountains for a weekend break, where they soon learn that the place has a murderous past and plus just hours before two female bank robbers were murdered there, and surprise surprise guess what happens next.I have watched this movie recently and being a big fan of 80's slashers that I am, I was eager to see this one, and when I did I was solely disappointed, the beginning was kind of interesting we get 2 female bank robbers which turned pretty violent, cue to terrible acting and bad bloodless effects. And despite two people getting murdered recently in a ski cabin, still the guests wanted to stay there and the police or owners hasn't bothered closing down the lodge despite there being a killer lurking about, a camp moment in a slasher movie.Well it's easy to see why this movie hasn't been released on DVD as it is terrible, so much potential and yet so much wasted, although there were some plus sides, like the beautiful eerie snowy setting was nice and there does seem to be a rather ruthless theme throughout and we do get some character development which is quite rare in these types of movies, it's just a shame that none of them were interesting therefore no-one to root for. There just seems to be no effort put into this movie whatsoever it's just lifeless and dull.All in all not a movie worth tracking down, not even qualify as average, a bitter disappointment.

HumanoidOfFlesh "Satan's Blade" opens with a nasty bank robbery.Two female robbers murder two bank tellers after bit of sexual humiliation and run to a snowy resort in the mountains.Girls hope to hide out for a while and meet their third partner but they are all murdered.The next day Tony,Lisa,Al and Lil come to the same winter resort when criminals were killed.A group of girls hires another cabin.Old lady tries to warn all of them about the legend of crazed mountain man,but nobody cares.Bad mistake because after some scenes of talking and wandering around the killer starts slashing his victims with titular knife.Amateurish but surprisingly nasty slasher flick with surprisingly decent acting and fairly complex script.L. Scott Castillo's direction is pretty uneven but the stabbings are mean-spirited and the agony of actresses is well-captured.This film is much better than "Savage Water".6 satanic blades out of 10.

Cujo108 A pair of female bank robbers make off with $50,000 after they kill two bank tellers in cold blood. They lay low at a snowy mountain cabin while waiting to rendezvous with their partner, George. As they wait, one of the robbers gets greedy and shoots the other. She plans to do the same to George when he arrives, but she doesn't get the chance, as she's stabbed in the back by an unseen assailant while dragging her ex-partner's body. The next day, two married couples and a group of college girls show up to a mountain ski resort. As it turns out, the cabin where the criminals hid out is part of the resort. Despite being told of the murders and a local legend about a murderous mountain man who comes from the bottom of a nearby lake, the college girls decide to take the cabin, which is right next door to where the married couples are staying. As the two groups settle in, it isn't long before the unseen assailant returns to continue his killing spree. Is it the mountain man from the legend or just someone who has taken the tale a little too far?This incredibly low budget slasher is rarely talked about. Perhaps there's a reason for that, be it the film's obscurity or the general consensus that it's a rotten entry into the genre. Personally, I really enjoyed it as a cheesy treat when I first got the tape a few years back. I was admittedly a little bored with it on my second go around, but I still had a fun time with it for the most part. The director just threw in too many scenes of people walking or driving as the synth score plays in the background. These bits make the film seem a tad longer than it is, which perhaps was the intention since there clearly wasn't a lot of money to work with. I would certainly be surprised if the rumored million dollar budget were true. The resort seems deserted except for the two main groups, and we never get to see any skiing or ski slopes for that matter. We also get a lot of blood without wounds and, in one case, blood on the wall behind a girl before she's shot to begin with.That said, "Satan's Blade" has it's charms. There is an eerie vibe throughout, enhanced by the aforementioned synth score and a surprisingly unsettling dream sequence midway through. In fact, I would say that the limited locations used actually enhance the mood as well. If we had seen an active resort or a bunch of ski slope high jinks, I don't think the film would come off as effectively downbeat as it does. I think even the lack of gore effects works in the film's favor, as it appears that director L. Scott Castillo, Jr. attempted to compensate by having the victims writhe around in pain as they slowly succumb to their wounds. This makes for more disturbing death scenes than one would typically expect to see in a slasher.The acting actually isn't all that bad. I've seen far, far worse, but some of the characters are grating. The scene of the two husbands getting drunk was a sterling example of just how grating the people in this movie could be. The constant lawyer puns (the lead character recently passed his bar exam) also get old really quick. To hell with really quick, they're old from the get-go.My favorite part of the film is undoubtedly the scene where the lone survivor runs into the killer. This entire sequence with the revelation, the voice effects and the motive worked very well for me. It's one of my favorite reveals in any slasher. The ending is also quite something, like a surreal take on "Excalibur".I like this one, but it's not a great film under any circumstances. It has it's upside, but if nothing else, it's worth seeing for the revelation scene and an out there ending.

forecastfortoday As a slasher fan, surely I'm going to give this a good review. Since most of my favorite horror movies come from this type of sub-genre, I thought this was going to be pretty nice and I suppose it is. I had expected low budget, dreadful acting, and the usual slasher plot line.The movie starts with two lesbians robbing a bank, in which the robbers are later murdered after returning to their cabin. We are then introduced to a duo of policemen along with a group of cute young women and two married couples. The group of young women and the couples are on their way to a snowbound cabin for a vacation. Unsurpringly, they start getting killed off. After nearly all of them are killed off, the plot throws a huge supernatural twist at you that ends the movie off in a surprisingly downbeat ending.I have to admit, to me this movie had an ending that had a twist equivalently as shocking to the machete scene in Unhinged. The movie title itself is kind of a spoiler, but I had never really taken the title that seriously. I thought "Satan's Blade" just meant it was some nutty psychopath waving a knife in his victims faces, but this movie took it a step further than just the usual slasher movie killer. It's a zero budget movie, but it actually had a really good idea lined up. If it had a little bit more budget, more reasonable acting, and perhaps better dialogue, this movie could be considered a classic.