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      The Devil's Messenger

      1961 1h 12m Horror List
      Reviews 23% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Satan sends a young murder victim to Earth to bring an envelope containing a formula for human destruction. Read More Read Less

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      kevin c Legendary Lon Chaney plays Satan in this film cobbled together from three episodes of 13 Demon Street, a twilight zone type of show that features Satan sending a beautiful woman back to earth to guide unsuspecting mortals to their end. Pretty decent flick with interesting stories. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Apparently the pilot for a TV show that was never broadcast. Not a top notch story even by 1961 TV standards but okay and benefitting from Lon Chaney Jr. in a mephistophelean role. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Chaney as the devil--So-so horror omnibus!! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty stale and simple plot, the characters are uninteresting and Chaney Jr's performance is pretty average. There isn't much to the story and it ends rather dully and confusingly. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review andy f A Lon Chaney film that he's hardly in, much as the pattern went for a lot of his 60s offerings. A terrific anthology of chillers each of which is pretty effective and full of atmosphere. The worst thing about the film is the ludicrous wraparound story featuring Chaney and the ultimately awful ending. The trio of horror shorts though are a real treat. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I've seen my fair share of old movies poorly transferred to DVD. Whether it's a well-regarded classic ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre") to an execrable piece of garbage that should have been forgotten in the intervening years ("Winterset)," among others, films both in and out of the public domain are prey to the tender mercies of unrestored (and justifiably unheralded) releases. That said, "The Devil's Messenger" might be the worst DVD transfer I've ever seen. Public domain duds made before 30 years before it look better. On the "Messenger" DVD, half of the dialogue is inaudible, the music sounds like it was recorded in a Cracker Jack box, scratches and black lines interfere with about every frame, and the color is abysmally washed out. Technical difficulties, compounded with the sub-"Twilight Zone" story, makes this one to skip. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Satan sends a young murder victim to Earth to bring an envelope containing a formula for human destruction.
      Director
      Herbert L. Strock
      Screenwriter
      Leo Guild
      Production Co
      Rapid Film
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 21, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 12m