"13 Demon Street" (1959) TV series 1959-1960

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Seasons:

unknown

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Death Of Loved One | Address As Title | Loss Of Husband | Vine | Loss Of Loved One

Cast

Alan Blair		(3 episodes)
Hilda Bruce-Potter		(3 episodes)
Sydney Coulson		(3 episodes)
Jason Lindsay		(3 episodes)
Charles Nolte		(3 episodes)
Lori Scott		(3 episodes)
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Host (2 episodes)
John Crawford	...	Donald Powers (2 episodes)
Ralph Brown	...	Charlie (2 episodes)
Ben Bennett		(2 episodes)
Pat Clavin		(2 episodes)
Doreen Denning		(2 episodes)
Jill Donohue		(2 episodes)
Lauritz Falk		(2 episodes)
Robert Kanter		(2 episodes)
Robert St. Clair	...	Man (2 episodes)
Tor Steen		(2 episodes)
Vernon Young		(2 episodes)

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Series Directed by
Curt Siodmak		(2 episodes)

Series Writing credits
Curt Siodmak		(1 episode)

Series Produced by
Leo Guild	....	associate producer (1 episode)
Ken Herts	....	associate producer (1 episode)
Gustaf Unger	....	producer (1 episode)

Series Original Music by
Lennart Fors		(1 episode)

Series Film Editing by
Carl-Olov Skeppstedt		(1 episode)

Series Art Direction by
Bibi Lindström		(1 episode)

Series Production Management
Lasse Werner	....	production manager (1 episode)

Series Sound Department
Lennart Svensson	....	sound (1 episode)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Max Wilén	....	camera (1 episode)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Sahlen	....	wardrobe (1 episode)

Production Companies

• Herts-Lion

Distributors

• Crosby/Brown Productions
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (video)

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA | Sweden

Filming Locations:

Nordisk Tonefilm, Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Herts-Lion

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Devil's Messenger (1961)

An oddity perhaps best left buried

Two episodes of 13 Demon Street were released on The Veil DVD: The Vine of Death and The Black Hand. The series was unaired, but a movie was made by reediting and released as The Devils Messenger. The TV episodes themselves? Cut out characters and very poor acting (think typical Swedish B movie from the 60's) really do not help the illogical stories much. Too poor to even laugh at, and no room for the intended horror. The Vine of Death for example deals with an imported dried out vine root from Malaya, only three thousand years old. The professor is stabbed by his neighbour in a struggle over the cold emotionless wife.

Oh dear. My husband is dead. Oh dear. Instead of calling the police they bury the husband with the vine. Which grows. Later, the neighbour returns, very drunk and collapses. Onto the vine bed. It kills him. I seem to have made it sound rather better than the episode... whatever were they thinking of. Some of the actors seemed to be speaking Swedish but then dubbed into English and then Swedish subtitles added. The picture quality is good. Strictly for the collector of the really awful.