Satán pide ayuda a una víctima de suicidio en el infierno para atraer a las víctimas terrenales desprevenidas a su destino eterno. Contiene 3 historias no muy relacionadas con un estilo simi... Leer todoSatán pide ayuda a una víctima de suicidio en el infierno para atraer a las víctimas terrenales desprevenidas a su destino eterno. Contiene 3 historias no muy relacionadas con un estilo similar a The Twilight Zone.Satán pide ayuda a una víctima de suicidio en el infierno para atraer a las víctimas terrenales desprevenidas a su destino eterno. Contiene 3 historias no muy relacionadas con un estilo similar a The Twilight Zone.
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Satan
- (as Lon Chaney)
Ralph Brown
- Charlie
- (metraje de archivo)
John Crawford
- Donald Powell
- (metraje de archivo)
Frank Taylor
- Dr. Ben Seastrom
- (metraje de archivo)
- (as Bert Johnson)
Chalmers Goodlin
- Dr. Hume
- (metraje de archivo)
Gunnel Broström
- Madame Germaine
- (metraje de archivo)
- (as Gunnel Brostrom)
Sara Harts
- Angelica - Frozen Girl
- (metraje de archivo)
- (as Tammy Newmara)
Inga Edwards
- Dixie
- (metraje de archivo)
- (as Ingrid Bedoya)
Eve Hossner
- Girl in Photograph
- (metraje de archivo)
Gordon Adler
- Policeman
- (metraje de archivo)
- (sin acreditar)
Birgitta Alm
- Lady on the Street
- (metraje de archivo)
- (sin acreditar)
Len Cooper
- Ticket Seller
- (metraje de archivo)
- (sin acreditar)
Torsten Lilliecrona
- Police Inspector Braun
- (metraje de archivo)
- (sin acreditar)
Jason Lindsay
- Dr. Holt - Museum Chief
- (metraje de archivo)
- (sin acreditar)
Argumento
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesEdited out of three distinctive episodes, The Photograph (1959), The Girl in the Glacier (1959) and Condemned in the Crystal (1959), all of which were directed by Curt Siodmak, for the Swedish/US TV series 13 Demon Street (1959), shot in English but originally aired with Swedish subtitles. Lon Chaney Jr. was brought to Sweden to film a framing story for the sake of continuity.
- PifiasPhotographer Don tells Charlie that "somebody" is coming out of the house in the photograph. When Charlie suggests that he's imagining it and they should look at the photograph, he says "If I can't see her, you'll believe me."
- Versiones alternativasEdited from episodes of the TV series "13 Demon Street" (1959). New footage of Lon Chaney as Satan was filmed to replace the original footage of him as host of the TV show.
- ConexionesEdited from 13 Demon Street (1959)
Reseña destacada
This feature film is taken from three episodes of a Swedish TV series "13 Demon Street". Oddly, the show was made in the US in English and was then subtitled for Sweden! An odd pedigree, to say the least! While I have never seen the actual show (there's not a whole lot of Swedish television being shown here at the present time), it appears to have been a rather low-budget horror series. Whether or not it was all connected together by a demon (played by Lon Chaney, Jr.) in the show or just this movie is anyone's guess.
The show begins with Chaney on his throne in Hell--enjoying his job immensely! He summons a young suicide victim and gives her some assignments back on Earth. These assignments are the three segments taken from three separate TV episodes.
The first involves a sex pervert photographer. At first, he just seems really creepy but later when he commits a meaningless murder, you realize what sort of sick, twisted freak he really is. The woman, then, is the means of passing judgment on the guy--making him see visions in one of his photographs that literally ends up scaring him to death. Afterwords, the woman regrets her involvement in this, but considering how sick the man was, the viewer is left celebrating the death--and thinking perhaps this demon isn't such a bad fellow after all!
Next is a tale about the discovery of a prehistoric woman who is discovered frozen in ice. Naturally, this woman is the agent sent by old Mr. Diabolical himself and it is imbued with strange powers. Despite being in suspended animation, when men see her naked and encased in ice, there is a strange reaction within them--they are transfixed by her beauty and must possess her. As one of the workers talks to her and imagines a weird past-life relationship with her, you realize just how strange this particular segment is! And, by the end, the guy is a raving nut!
The third segment has this female agent of evil bringing a crystal ball to a fortune teller. It begins with a guy talking to a psychiatrist about some recurring dreams. The doctor gives a rather tenuous interpretation that the guy is dying to know the future--though the guy says he has no desire at all to know! But, following the doctor's advice, he seeks out a fortune teller. Looking into this evil crystal, she tells him he's about to die! And, it seems, she is fated to kill him! She says she has nothing against him and has no desire to kill him, but it WILL happen because the crystal ball says it must!
Despite the high 'cheese-factor' and low budget, I did enjoy the film. One reason in particular was due to Chaney. While he certainly was no thespian, here he is quite enjoyable because he gets into the part--laughing and playing it up quite a bit. He was very entertaining and it's among his better work. Plus, the stories were pretty good--and quite different from the stuff you'd see on "The Twilight Zone" or "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". I'd sure like to be able to see the rest of the series to find out if they're all as good as these selected episodes.
The show begins with Chaney on his throne in Hell--enjoying his job immensely! He summons a young suicide victim and gives her some assignments back on Earth. These assignments are the three segments taken from three separate TV episodes.
The first involves a sex pervert photographer. At first, he just seems really creepy but later when he commits a meaningless murder, you realize what sort of sick, twisted freak he really is. The woman, then, is the means of passing judgment on the guy--making him see visions in one of his photographs that literally ends up scaring him to death. Afterwords, the woman regrets her involvement in this, but considering how sick the man was, the viewer is left celebrating the death--and thinking perhaps this demon isn't such a bad fellow after all!
Next is a tale about the discovery of a prehistoric woman who is discovered frozen in ice. Naturally, this woman is the agent sent by old Mr. Diabolical himself and it is imbued with strange powers. Despite being in suspended animation, when men see her naked and encased in ice, there is a strange reaction within them--they are transfixed by her beauty and must possess her. As one of the workers talks to her and imagines a weird past-life relationship with her, you realize just how strange this particular segment is! And, by the end, the guy is a raving nut!
The third segment has this female agent of evil bringing a crystal ball to a fortune teller. It begins with a guy talking to a psychiatrist about some recurring dreams. The doctor gives a rather tenuous interpretation that the guy is dying to know the future--though the guy says he has no desire at all to know! But, following the doctor's advice, he seeks out a fortune teller. Looking into this evil crystal, she tells him he's about to die! And, it seems, she is fated to kill him! She says she has nothing against him and has no desire to kill him, but it WILL happen because the crystal ball says it must!
Despite the high 'cheese-factor' and low budget, I did enjoy the film. One reason in particular was due to Chaney. While he certainly was no thespian, here he is quite enjoyable because he gets into the part--laughing and playing it up quite a bit. He was very entertaining and it's among his better work. Plus, the stories were pretty good--and quite different from the stuff you'd see on "The Twilight Zone" or "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". I'd sure like to be able to see the rest of the series to find out if they're all as good as these selected episodes.
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- 25 jul 2010
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