Grindhouse
Deathstalker
In the wake of Conan, multiplexes and late night cable were forever flooded with fantastic tales and loin-clothed heroes. But when it comes to massive amounts of nudity, violent pillaging, epic swordplay and pig-faced monsters, this Roger Corman-produced knockoff knew how to spin low budget gold, spawning countless adolescent fantasies, three sequels and the career of young Hollywood starlet Lana Clarkson. Sent on a perilous expedition to save the world and recapture the throne from an evil wizard, the finely chiseled Rick Hill is Deathstalker, a Boris Vallejo painting come-to-life, short on words but skilled with a blade. It’s a fight to the death as our warrior king battles faceless hordes to save a world of bikini-clad vixens!
- Director
- James Sbardellati
- Writer
- Howard R. Cohen
- Starring
- Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker, Lana Clarkson
- Year
- 1983
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA/Argentina
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 80 minutes
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Journey now to an age undreamed of, an age of mystery and magic. David Carradine stars in The Warrior and the Sorceress, a Conan-inspired, Corman-produced sword & sorcery update of Kurosawa’s Yojimbo. On a distant world, Carradine is the mightiest of all heroes, cleverly playing rival warlords against each other in a violent quest to free an enslaved sorceress. One of the most entertaining of the ‘80s influx of low budget barbarian ragers, Warrior features extensive swordplay, a talking lizard hand puppet and excessive nudity, including a woman with four (!!!) breasts.
- Director
- John C. Broderick
- Starring
- David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas, Anthony De Longis
- Year
- 1984
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 78 minutes