The Bermuda Triangle, as it's title boldly implies, is a film that's based around the mystique surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, which in itself sounds fairly compelling... however this movie is mostly about the people on board a yacht known as the Black Whale III. Oh and what a charismatic lot they are! The films primary cast is comprised of about 12 people of various ages (including John Huston and Claudine Auger), but mostly the cast is made from a short list of small-time/no-name actors (if you watch this movie you'll no why their not a known name), whose acting is typically so casual and mundane, that you'd swear that they weren't aware that they were part of a movie. And to make things even worse, all of the child actors dialog is dubbed (and often by people who sound much older then them), which has a way of making them sound unnatural and even ridiculous at times. This is especially true for the little blonde girl, her voice sounds about as natural as that of a talking dolls. And just to mention it, it's always a bad sign when the quarrelings of a dysfunctional middle-aged couple produce the movies most entertaining moments and that's where Claudine Auger comes in. Filmed in 1977, a full 12 years after her famous appearance (as Domino) in Thunderball, she's not looking quite as beautiful here and she's constantly bickering with her boozehound husband (whose hitting the J & B scotch ultra-heavy). Sadly, these scenes between the two of them are, for me at least, the movies liveliest scenes. I find that there's something colorfully compelling about their biting mutual disdain for each other, not to mention all the great free-flowing sarcasm, that these two bitter souls stir up between each other.The purpose of their cruise is to scuba-dive on the site of some ancient underwater ruins that are many miles out to sea (this type of setting can make for some absolutely incredible visuals, but don't worry, nothing remotely interesting, let alone incredible comes of it), so don your wet-suit and get ready to partake in this grand dive of theirs. This lengthy dive sequence was clearly meant to be the movies grand center-piece, but yet it lasts for far too long and is, like the rest of this movie, a total bore - just underwater this time. You'd think that this sequence would supply some temporary reprieve from all the mundane nothingness, that's taking place aboard the decks of the Black Whale III, but that's not the case. This 10 minute underwater foray generates all the thrills and excitement of watching a bowl of jello gelatinate or waiting for cup of pudding to thicken. In more capable hands this sequence could've been a surreal underwater odyssey. But, in the end of it all, it does help quicken the movies pace, when bad luck befalls the loveliest of the ships passengers, when an ancient pillar topples over and crushes her legs, now things get desperate fast, as she needs help ASAP, but the mysterious ways of The Bermuda Triangle (also known as The Devils Triangle) make that impossible and the only doctor on board is a hopeless and bitter drunk. When it's all said and done there is virtually nothing compelling or entertaining about this lame and forgotten movie from the late-70's, it's biggest failure is it's cast and that's clearly reflected through their lack of any real chemistry between each other - not that they had anything interesting to say in the first place and the voice-dubbing only makes this bad movie worse.The Bermuda Triangle seems to do little else, but kick dirt on John Huston's long and storied career - The Maltese Falcon this is not.The verdict is: Very slow, very dull and just plain bad, like the majority of movies from the 70's tend to be.

I saw the name of John Huston in the credits and since it had the title of THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE I had high hopes that this might be a scary movie featuring the stuff of legend where some boat passengers get lost and find themselves battling demonic forces . I thought wrong because this is bland nonsense of the worst sort It's not really the sort of film that concerns itself to getting to the bottom of the mystery of the Bermuda triangle which is fair enough . What it is totally guilty of is failing to compel and chill the audience . You want people to be scared for their mortal lives ? Bad idea to dub the actors in that case . You know these dubbed porn videos of the 1980s where characters have the best sex of heir lives and they speak like they're repeating their grocery list ? Well that's what it sounds like here . No matter what happens to whoever in what ever situation they speak in a bland monotone . You'll also lose count the number of times someone speaks without opening their mouth so obviously this stretch of water causes people to become telepathic The screenplay is very plodding in its nature , there's very little incident so the director tries to spice things up by adding creepy music which is totally ineffective and soon outlives what little welcome it initially had and soon becomes irritating . It's possibly the worst film made hat features The Bermuda Triangle as its premise

Bermuda Triangle, The (1978) * (out of 4) Incredibly bad film from Mexican director Rene Cardona, Jr. A family goes off to the Bermuda Triangle to see what the big deal is and guess what happens. This film tries to be mysterious and creepy but fails on both levels because the screenplay is all over the place and never really makes a bit of sense. Character enter and exit the film without any explanation and the "mystery" of the Bermuda Triangle is never resolved or even talked about much, although the film tries to play claim to a cursed doll, which causes all the problems. There's some wonderful underwater photography but this too get hampered by three real sharks being killed on the screen for no reason. John Huston, Andres Garcia, Gloria Guida and Claudine Auger star.

It's official - I can't seem to get enough of Rene Cardona, Jr.'s brand of movie-making. When I got my hands on The Bermuda Triangle, I was expecting the usual stuff – planes and ships disappearing at sea, unknown lights, and the ocean changing colors. While The Bermuda Triangle gives you all this, Cardona has stuffed the movie with so much more including: a possessed doll, a girl who talks to dead people, sharks, underwater earthquakes, parrot attacks, hurricanes, and more. None of it is fleshed-out very well, but boy is it fun.Please don't misunderstand – The Bermuda Triangle isn't really a very good movie. The acting is bad, the dubbing is horrible (people in normal conversation often have the same tone in their voice usually reserved for a radio announcer), the special effects are weak, and the story is often predictable. To top it off, Cardona feels the need as he does in some of his other movies to show sharks being slaughtered. But none of this kept me from having a good time with The Bermuda Triangle.