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

Seasons:

unknown

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Address As Title | Vine | Loss Of Husband | Anthology | Number In Title

Cast

Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Host (4 episodes)
Alan Blair	...	Szegety (3 episodes)
Hilda Bruce-Potter		(3 episodes)
Sydney Coulson		(3 episodes)
Doreen Denning	...	Betty Duncan / ... (3 episodes)
Jason Lindsay		(3 episodes)
Charles Nolte	...	Anton Lupesco / ... (3 episodes)
Lorri Scott		(3 episodes)
Pat Clavin	...	Hedy / ... (2 episodes)
John Crawford	...	Donald Powers / ... (2 episodes)
Ralph Brown	...	Charlie (2 episodes)
Lauritz Falk	...	Wallace Forten (2 episodes)
Jill Donohue	...	Elena / ... (2 episodes)
Robert St. Clair	...	Dr. Hystedt / ... (2 episodes)
Tor Steen	...	Police Inspector Braun (2 episodes)
Ben Bennett		(2 episodes)
Robert Kanter		(2 episodes)
Vernon Young	...	Count Ottocar Potosi / ... (2 episodes)

Series Directed by
Curt Siodmak		(6 episodes)

Series Writing credits
Curt Siodmak		(4 episodes)

Series Produced by
Gustaf Unger	....	producer (5 episodes)
Leo Guild	....	associate producer (4 episodes)
Kenneth Hartford	....	associate producer (4 episodes)

Series Original Music by
Lennart Fors		(5 episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Johnny Schwerin		(1 episode)

Series Film Editing by
Carl-Olov Skeppstedt		(5 episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Bibi Lindström		(5 episodes)

Series Production Management
Lasse Werner	....	production manager (5 episodes)

Series Sound Department
Per Lönndahl	....	sound (2 episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Max Wilén	....	camera / camera operator (4 episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Sahlen	....	wardrobe (4 episodes)

Series Other crew
Leo Guild	....	in association with (1 episode)
Kenneth Hartford	....	in association with (1 episode)

Production Companies

• Herts-Lion Productions

Distributors

• Crosby/Brown Productions (1959-1960) (USA) (TV)
• Föreningsfilmo (1959-1960) (Sweden) (TV)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (video)

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA | Sweden

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Klangfilm)

Filming Locations:

Nordisk Tonefilm, Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Herts-Lion Productions

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Devil's Messenger (1961)

An enjoyable curiosity

There are two preceding critiques here of this series and my opinion falls between their two extremes. I have all the episodes on DVD in English but with subtitles. The picture quality isn't the best but I have enjoyed the episodes I have seen so far. Some of the ideas are good and I did not find them all the convoluted or hard to follow, but I was aware that they were produced on a shoestring budget, which means many scenes are shot in near darkness in the manner of the old Poverty Row productions. If one bears in mind the period that these shows were made and that poor Lon Chaney Jr was struggling to survive when he took on the job of introducing these shows.

If one doesn't take them too seriously then you can enjoy them for what they are... and for me (with several exceptions) the 1955-1975 period of TV and movie making is now the most dated and pedestrian of any period, and yet often quite compulsive when you watch shows like Peter Gunn and Wanted: Dead or Alive. But with this one, watch and you be the judge...