Deathstalker (1983)

Directed by

James Sbardellati

Genre

fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, sword and sorcery film

Country

Argentina, United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

R

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 211 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cynical warrior named Deathstalker is tricked into entering a tournament that is actually a plot by an evil wizard to kill off all his rivals. The wizard has also imprisoned a princess and stolen a king's throne.

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What happens

Deathstalker is a 1983 American-Argentine sword and sorcery film directed by James Sbardellati (as John Watson) and starring Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker, Lana Clarkson and Bernard Erhard. In it, a cynical antihero known only as Deathstalker (Hill) finds himself the unwitting participant in a warriors' tournament, set up under false pretense to wipe out all potential challengers to the reign of Munkar (Erhard), the evil mage who usurps a king's throne and holds his princess daughter (Benton) captive. It was the second and most successful in an informal cycle of medieval fantasy films produced by B-movie veteran Roger Corman during the 1980s and early 1990s. It also marked the beginning of a nine-year partnership between Corman and leading Argentine studio es:Aries Cinematográfica. It spawned a moderately popular franchise of sequels and remakes, although later depictions of the main character toned down his amorality in favor of more benign transgressions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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