The Summer of ’83 concussively concludes with a gloriously metal swords and sorcery adventure helmed by the 1st AD of The Beastmaster, and penned by the writer of Vampire Hookers and Rainbow Brite. Deathstalker, our morally messed up but oddly philosophical anti-hero, is sent on a quest by weird witch Toralva to unite the sword of justice, amulet of life, and chalice of magic in order to “become the power” before the evil Lord Munkar does. Join Javi, Paul and, intrepidly, Producer Brad on this wild ride into wanton violence and chaos that features a creepy meat puppet, a chatty cave ogre, random mud wrestling, a cannibalistic pig man, a gladiator tournament, some very problematic shape-shifting, John Wick’s worst nightmare cuisine, a truly epic score, and an unexpectedly bold (and timely) anti-autocracy political statement — all of which somehow spawned three sequels and a very fun 2025 remake executive produced by none other than Slash. (Really.) 

Show Notes:

1983 Box Office

September 2, 1983 Weekend Box Office

Deathstalker box office

Hollywood Reporter interview with Slash discussing 2025 Deathstalker reboot.

Kickstarter campaign to fund the 2025 Deathstalker reboot.

Screen Rant article on Deathstalker comic book from Vault Comics and Slash.

Boris Vallejo movie posters here and here.

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