# Horror movie ID: Man on boat impaled by mounted swordfish **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 18, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229 "2020-10-18T00:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/1 "2020-10-18T00:10:39Z")
This should be an extremely easy one, but my memory has failed me. This guy is on a boat, possibly in the Bermuda Triangle, and I think Satan is involved. There’s a swordfish mounted on the wall, and it ens up flying off the wall and impaling him. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/2 "2020-10-18T00:16:17Z")
IMDb search, genre horror, keyword “swordfish”: > **[Satan's Triangle (TV Movie 1975) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073662/reference)** > > Satan's Triangle (TV Movie 1975) Reference View ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/3 "2020-10-18T00:19:27Z")
It’s called, “Satan’s Triangle,” starring Kim Novak, Doug McClure and Alejandro Rey. The swordfish was suspended in a sling and turbulence caused it to jam its sword through the wall and a guy in the next room was impaled on the sword and appeared to be floating in the air, dead. Downer ending follows. Ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/4 "2020-10-18T00:29:22Z")
That’s it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/5 "2020-10-18T01:03:34Z")
Hmm, and I was going to say Hook, Line and Sinker. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/6 "2020-10-18T15:08:36Z")
Sounds like that movie might better be described as “Hook, line, and stinker”. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/7 "2020-10-19T14:54:08Z")
I beg to differ. Cute pun aside, it’s delightfully cheesy if you like 1970s ABC movie of the week style horror, which I do. The last minute makes the whole thing worth it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229/8 "2020-10-19T15:15:50Z")
^ Some of those MotW were quite effective, probably because they were short (75 to 90 minutes–doesn’t require a lot of padding). I started [a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvms-the-best-the-worst-your-favorite-s/826953/63) end of 2018 discussing TVMs and it was fun remembering the good ones and more fun ragging on the bad ones.