''The Devil's Messenger'' is a 1961 anthology horror film combining 3 episodes of the 1959 B&W Swedish television series ''
13 Demon Street
''13 Demon Street'' is a horror anthology TV series that aired between 1959 and 1960 in American syndication. Thirteen 25-minute episodes were produced in Sweden, although the language, and cast, is English.
Lon Chaney Jr. was the host, intro ...
'' (which was never broadcast in the USA) with some new scenes featuring
Lon Chaney Jr.
Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...
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Karen Kadler and
John Crawford. This "feature version" of the series is the closest the U.S. came to seeing the TV series in the U.S. (although the entire series is now available on DVD in the territory).
The film includes stories about a 50,000-year-old woman found frozen in an ice field, a man's death foretold in dreams, and Satan's plans to blow up the Earth with atomic weapons.
Plot summary
Cast
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Lon Chaney Jr.
Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...
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Satan (as Lon Chaney)
* Karen Kadler as Satanya
* Michael Hinn as John Radian
* Ralph Brown as Charlie (archive footage)
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John Crawford as Donald Powell (archive footage)
* Bert Johnson as (archive footage)
* Frank Taylor as Dr. Ben Seastrom (archive footage) (as Bert Johnson)
* Chalmers Goodlin as Dr. Hume (archive footage)
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Gunnel Broström
Gunnel Broström (1922–2012) was a Swedish stage, film and television actress. Wright p.120 She also directed a number of television films from 1965 onwards. She was married to the journalist Gustaf Olivecrona.
Selected filmography
* '' Ride ...
as Madame Germaine (archive footage) (as Gunnel Brostrom)
* Sara Harts as Angelica - Frozen Girl (archive footage) (as Tammy Newmara)
* Jan Blomberg as J. D. Younger
* Inga Botorp as Dixie (archive footage) (as Ingrid Bedoya)
* Eve Hossner as Girl in Photograph (archive footage)
References
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1961 films
1961 horror films
American black-and-white films
American supernatural horror films
American horror anthology films
Films directed by Herbert L. Strock
The Devil in film
Films based on television series
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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