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The film has been completed to a budget probably similar to a single episode of Zena, and the special effects and sets are poor (even for an eighties barbarian movie!) On the plus side, there is loads of dark humour, a couple of excellent cameo performances, and a hilerious soundtrack that feels like it has been robbed from a spaghetti western! Needless to say that the femail members of the cast have been issued with little of no clothes, and the director takes every opportunity for these to fall off!!!
This film is impossible to rate objectively. If you are looking for another Lord of the Rings, go elsewhere. It scores zero. But If you don't take your films too seriously and you are prepared for a low budget, ham-acted but darkly funny and sexy barbarian romp, look no further. Top marks for a boys night in with a shed load of beer and a pizza!
From the first scene, where an almost unfeasibly musclebound Rick Hill slaughters a bunch of inbred freaks, skewers an opportunist kidnapper and then starts to ravage his beautiful woman prisoner, we understand that this hero is quite an ambiguous character and we're never quite sure if he's batting for good or for evil.
Told by a witch of three unimaginably powerful artefacts and tempted by thoughts of glory, Deathstalker treks to Munkar's castle, where the evil wizard (is there any other kind?) has organised a tournament to find the greatest warrior in the land, to whom has been promised the inheritance of the kingdom. It is, of course, a trick. Munkar merely wants to eliminate any opposition to his nefarious plans and does everything in his power to kill the greatest threat of all - our eponymous hero.
The combat sequences are generally well done and surprisingly brutal on occasion. A fair bit of nudity, sometimes tasteful (and featuring some *extremely* attractive women!), sometimes verging on soft-porn in a couple of scenes. Some great black humour adds another dimension to the proceedings - my favourites being Munkar gradually feeding an unfortunate prisoner to a pet "thing" in a box, the "dashing" Salmaron rescued by Deathstalker, Munkar's servant (expertly played by Marcos Wolinsky - one of the few actors to turn up again in Deathstalker 2) being transformed into a woman and, of course, the first appearance of the, now legendary, pig-headed warrior. His inventive use of an impromptu club is a genuine laugh-out-loud moment!
... Read more ›Its worth seeing as part of a comedy, or a Barbarian, night line up but I wouldn't buy it.
In Deathstalkers world the men rule. If a man 'wants' a women he'll simply walk up to her and take her, unless she is with another man, in which case he'll first fight (and possibly kill) the other man and then take the women.
This is a great piece of entertainment for a small price, the fight scenes arn't bad, the storyline is a bit iffy, and the female casting is very nice - with ladies wearing very little and with the sort of bodies Tinto Brass would appreciate.
Overall I give the film 4stars, but add the 5th as it is very good value.
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