Deathstalker - Steve Chenault

The ‘80s had a wonderful slew of fantasy movies that were horribly good. There is the famous Beastmaster, Sword and the Sorcerer, Krull, there was another that escapes me, it had two twins in it, who may or may not have been Playboy Playmates. There was a bunch of them. There were some exceptionally good ones as well, Excalibur, Legends, Dragon Slayer, Conan the Barbarian, and so on. It was a great time for cinema. I well remember going to some of the better ones at the theater (for Conan the Destroyer I was the only one in the theater). The others I watched on the television,  usually late at night, Cinemax, HBO, and another that began with an S or some such.

But of them all, one stands out as insanely hilarious. Or rather four, as I believe there were four of them. Deathstalker.

Deathstalker was unmatched in its camp and crazy. It is really indescribable. I remember a scene, in the fourth I believe, where one dude with a giant hammer splattered another one into a bug splat in an arena. Absolutely over the top, and under it, all around it.

It is good to know that Deathstalker has made or is making a return. It stars that guy that John Wick killed in the first movie, and that Nobody killed in the first Nobody. He’s the current heavy fist-a-cuffs for Hollywood I suppose. Regardless of his role or roles, I’ll be there when it opens, ticket in hand. For how can one miss Deathstalker V, or whatever it is.

Unfamiliar? Go have a gander online to the ‘80s versions. Absolutely crazed!