PodBill Just what I expected

Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

simeon_flake No. 13 Demon Street--sounds likes a nice place to visit & maybe I would want to stay. But seriously, folks, is there anything here of note beyond the presence of Lon Chaney as Satan. As far as Satan on the big-screen, what could have more fitting during this time than Mr. Chaney--who, unfortunately at this point in his career was probably getting by more on name value than anything else. Not to say the man couldn't anymore, but I'm sure all the serious Lon fans know about the live tv drunk incident that sent his career to B-movie hell.At any rate, Chaney does make a great Satan (shocker, I know). At's that is pretty much the big draw for this film. Satanya is nice to look at, the stories in between Satan's segments passable entertainment & the closing reel is pretty good. Basically this is for the hardcore Chaney purists who will watch pretty anything the man did--even dreck like "La Casa Del Terror."

gridoon2018 Apparently "The Devil's Messenger" was pieced together by joining three episodes of a "lost" one-season TV show called "13 Demon Street" with some newly-shot linking footage. The concept of that new footage needed a little more work ("Satanya" is supposed to be delivering objects to people, but they already seem to have them!), and the production values are pretty shoddy, but I would be interested in seeing more episodes of the original series if they were more easily available, because the stories themselves are intriguing, especially the first (which contains the genuinely surreal idea of a person moving inside a photograph) and the third (which is about a man trying to escape his fate and features a clever twist ending). Lon Chaney Jr. is fun as The Devil. **1/2 out of 4.

morrison-dylan-fan Taking a look at a box set that a fellow ImDber had kindly sent me as a gift,I spotted a fun-looking anthology Horror movie starring Lon Chaney Jr.,which led to me getting ready to read the devils messages.The plot: (Note-due to there being 3 stories the plot will be split up.)Killing herself over her husband, Satan tells Satanya that due to her having died from a suicide,he will give her a chance to not end up in hell,if Satanya completes 3 tasks.Story 1:Burnt out with life, photographer Donald Powell goes to New England for a much needed holiday.Arriving in New England,Powell spots a women leaving a house that he has taken a photo of. Overcome by a strange urge,Powell chases after the women and kills her.Trying to keep things under wraps,Powell soon discovers the true meaning of photographic memory.Story 2:Working on Arctic research, Dr. Sistrum discovers a 50,000 year old block of ice containing a beautiful woman inside. Beginning to imagine that they were lovers in a past life,Sistrum ignores the advice from his fellow scientists,and starts to break the icy woman out of the ice.Story 3:Given the chance to get revenge on the man who drove her to suicide, Satanya sets her sights on giving ex-flame John Radian a deadly fortune telling.View on the film:Before I get to the title,I have to mention that Mill Creek gave the film a disappointing transfer,with a hiss sound being noticeable in the background,and the picture looking like it is covered in dust.Despite these challenges, directors Herbert L. Strock & Curt Siodmak still deliver a rather creepy chiller.Giving hell a unique mundane appearance,Strock and Siodmak hook each of the 3 tales with a strikingly haunted image,which goes from the dead girl haunting Powell's photos,to Radian seeing fear in a crystal ball,and Sistrum seeing his dream girl come out of the ice.Taking the 3 stories from the TV show 13 Demon Street,the screenplay by Leo Guild/Dory Previn & Curt Siodmak makes each of the stories feel like a smooth fit for the film,with the wraparound story of Satan (played by a gruff Lon Chaney Jr.) waiting in the wings giving each story a good atmosphere of impending doom.Whilst each of the stories were filmed for separate TV eps,the themes of being haunted by misdeeds and a desire for revenge leads to each section being a clever progression of the one before it,as Satanya delivers the devils messages.

rcslone5 The Devil's Messenger was a feature film cobbled together from three episodes of a failed TV series, "13 Demon Street" and later shot footage featuring Lon Chaney as Satan. Chaney offers a woman who committed suicide a chance to escape the horrors of hell if she agrees to run a few errands for him. That is how they tie everything in the film together, as she delivers items that are used in each story and is really the catalyst for the stories.Story number one deals with a stressed out photographer in need of a break. He takes a vacation to the mountains, but lets his lustful ways get the better of him as he murders a woman he tries to make advances on. After he returns to the city, the woman suddenly appears in a photo he took. Every time he looks at the picture, the woman appears closer in the picture, as she is making her way towards him to take her revenge.The next story is about a group of scientists who discover a woman frozen in a block of ice deep in a cave. One scientist becomes obsessed with the woman and will go to any length to free her and make her his own.The final story concerns a man who has a series of dreams concerning his death. His doctor advises him to go to the building that is in his dreams, in hopes that this will bring him some sort of relief. Instead he finds a gypsy woman who has a vision regarding his death as well.The series this movie derives from was another in a long list of Twilight Zone imitators that just didn't make it. Each story itself was solid and made with good production qualities. The performances were fine, and Chaney seemed to be having a good time in his role. Pick this title up if you happen upon it, as its a fine old horror film with a lot to offer.