Alicia I love this movie so much

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

BA_Harrison What is up with that crazy poster for The Devil's Partner? The artist sure took some creative license when designing it, depicting a naked, torch-wielding woman astride a galloping centaur, despite there being nothing like this in the film. It's a little disappointing, if truth be told (can't beat a bit of naked centaur riding), but even so, this obscure B-movie is quite an entertaining little chiller, telling an engaging Faustian tale that delivers a reasonable helping of eerie atmosphere and decent performances all round.The film opens with town pariah Pete Jensen (Ed Nelson in old-man make-up) performing a ritual in his run-down shack, making a deal with the devil. Days later, a young man (Ed Nelson, sans crazy hair and big beard) arrives in town claiming to be Pete's nephew, Nick Richards, only to be told that his uncle has died in mysterious circumstances. However, in reality, Nick is Pete, having been transformed as part of his Satanic bargain; in his new guise, he proceeds to charm lovely doctor's daughter Nell (Jean Allison), using witchcraft to deal with those who might get in his way.After causing a savage dog attack on Nell's boyfriend David (Richard Crane) that leaves the guy hideously scarred and acting like a petulant ass, Nick also puts paid to Papers (Byron Foulger), the town drunk, who is trampled to death by a horse, kills plastic surgeon Dr. Marx (who crashes his car into a cow), and attempts to finish off David with the old 'turn into a rattlesnake and slither through the bedroom window' trick. All of this is fairly entertaining nonsense that passes the time painlessly enough, although at a scant 73 minutes there really isn't time for boredom to set in.Still would have liked to have seen that centaur though.

Leofwine_draca DEVIL'S PARTNER is a forgotten little American horror flick that looks and feels like a contemporary western with a few horror touches added to the mix. I'd never heard of it before I sat down to watch it, and while it's certainly no classic, it's an adequate time waster that's difficult to dislike. The film was shot by TV director Charles Rondeau who creates a cosy atmosphere despite all the supposed horror going on.The story is about a guy who makes a Faustian pact with the devil for eternal youth. There are shades of Dorian Gray here along with all the old-time deal-with-the-devil movies of the 1940s. Unfortunately youth isn't enough for this guy and he also enlists the black arts to help bump off anyone who opposes him. There are some cheesy animal attack scenes mixed in but most of the film concentrates on the resolutely dull heroic characters trying to get to the bottom of the mystery. Again, no classic, but this is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get type movie.

bkoganbing A few years after Ed Nelson was 'introduced' in this film he got a great career break playing in the television version of Peyton Place for several years. But I'll bet the folks who produced Peyton Place never saw Nelson playing in a monstrosity.Devil's Partner finds Ed Nelson as an old man who's apparently got the hots for this young woman. But naturally she won't give him the time of day. So he makes a deal with the devil who grants him all kinds of powers and he starts making his moves on Jean Allison daughter of the town physician Edgar Buchanan.Part of his deal with the devil has him becoming young and he becomes the Ed Nelson familiar to us from the Sixties as Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place. He can also shapeshift like Odo and command the animals to do his bidding. I'll let you see the film to see what he has them do.Where was Edgar Buchanan's agent to allow him to do such a monstrosity of a film? For that matter Richard Crane who was television's Rocky Jones in the Fifties was similarly dumped on by his agent. Crane plays the filling station owner that Allison has her heart set on. Crane was on the downside of his career, but Buchanan was a respected character actor and Nelson had a future despite this film.The ending, ripped off from The Invisible Man. I'll bet the cast members wished they were invisible after being in this.

asinyne This movie is beyond weird. I guess this is the reason we watch these old films, they are whack! While I watched this I kept thinking about the mythical city of Mayberry. You have the usual cast of characters, with a few borrowed from the Bevery Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. We have the down to earth country sheriff, we have Ellie May who spends her time milking goats, we got the town drunk, we got Opie who finds a dead body,and of course we have a broken down old man who is worshiping Satan. I agree with other reviewers who said you want to keep watching... true.The best thing this movie has going for it is the outrageous, off the farm plot. Its also pretty well directed. The last few scenes deliver a big payoff that even includes some VERY weird symbolism. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I thought the cast was very good. I thought Richard Crane was very good and Ed Nelson seemed perfect for his part although if I'd written this, or anybody had today, the girl would have certainly fallen for the handsome fiend. This movie works almost liked a Twilight Zone episode that was rejected because it was just to freaking bizarre. This would be a cool movie to show at a Halloween party. I watched this after watching another Ed Nelson horror film called Night of the Blood Beast. I never realized he had such a cool horror film resume.