What a nightmare! It should be minus points for this sort of flicks. Nothing is worth of attention and the mechanical music is a symbol of the bad taste and complete lack of talents of its creators. If someone is interested only in boobs or on the other hand in beautiful face of a leading role played by Rick Hill may waste his/her spare time but there is tones of better that kind of movies elsewhere.

This movie opened up an entire genre for me: hilariously cheesy movies. While checking out IMDb's 'top 250' list with a friend looking for something to watch, I saw a link on the left of the screen for the 'bottom 100'--a list of the lowest rated movies on the site. I started searching for trailers for some of the titles like Santa Claus Conquers The Martians and The Blade Master. Eventually I discovered the trailer for Deathstalker, the quintessence of so-bad- it's-good movies. We immediately searched for it and found a site that was streaming it. Right off the bat it delivered the goods. In the first scene, Deathstalker eliminates a group of medieval thugs who were chasing a beautiful girl and trying to capture her. The fight choreography was at the time the worst I'd ever seen--of course after Deathstalker I went on to see dozens of other movies with average ratings of one star or less, so you can only imagine. There are one-liners and gratuitous nudity all throughout the film accented by over the top costumes and ridiculous props, not to mention that Deathstalker himself slaughters at least hundred bad guys. In one scene you hear the swoosh of Deathstalker's blade and then see a shot of a plastic head flying through the air. This movie is basically a huge rip-off of Conan The Barbarian, the Schwarzenegger classic that came out in 1982, the year before Deathstalker was made, which also had lots of violence, nudity, and one- liners. Bad knock-offs make up a pretty big majority of the hilariously cheesy movie genre. After we finished watching Deathstalker, me and my friend liked it so much that we tried to find Deathstalker part II to watch immediately, but we couldn't find it anywhere, so we settled for Deathstalker part III, Deathstalker And The Warriors From Hell, which we found on another movie streaming site. Deathstalker III was partly made up of scenes taken directly from the original. It was significantly less watchable, which explains why Deathstalker has a 3.9 out of 10 rating on IMDb and part III has a 2.0. Rick Hill, the actor that played Deathstalker, went on to a mildly successful career as a B movie action hero, including two Deathstalker sequels, Deathstalker And The Warriors From Hell (Deathstalker part III) and Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans. For Deathstalker part II someone else was cast for his part. If I had to sum this movie up in one sentence it would be: a sleazy, greased up buff guy slaughters an endless amount of people effortlessly while surrounded by naked woman and people in stupid costumes. This is entertainment at its best in 1983. I give Deathstalker a 7 out of 10 for those with a keen sense of humor, but plainly speaking, this movie is hot garbage.

I've seen plenty of cheesy B Movies that rode behind on the success of Conan the Barbarian and Excalibur, and can without a doubt say that this is the best of the lot. The early to mid 80s were the pinnacle of fantasy adventure films, and there are a lot of them from this time. Most are very poorly done with atrocious dialogue and unimaginative (go figure) action sequences. I'm not saying that Deathstalker lacked either of these flaws, it did not, but it made up for it somewhat with ambition and attitude. I must confess that it has been many years since I've seen this film, and it may not stand up as well on a second viewing. But I've always known the difference between a good and bad B movie. I actually miss the times that bred Deathstalker a bit. Although most of the fantasy adventure movies were bad, they at least tried to take themselves seriously. The neat thing about the movie is that it is not epic in scope. For those used to Lord of the Rings or the like, this may actually be a refreshing change. If you haven't seen Conan the Barbarian, watch this movie first, to save the best for last.

...Or, more precisely, so bad that you are going to have the time of your life laughing your ass off when you watch it! James Sbardellati's "Deathstalker" of 1983 is certainly one of the most awful productions the Sword & Sorcery sub-genre has brought along, but it is highly amusing. The acting is terrible, the plot is pure crap, and the effects and photography couldn't be more amateurish. But it is the bad acting, the cheesy effects, and the many errors, that makes this movie so hilarious.SPOILERS AHEAD -Deathstalker (Rick Hill) is an extremely strong and skilled warrior. One day, a good witch tasks him to unite the three powers of chaos and creation, a sword, an amulet and a chalice, in order to free the country from its brutal ruler, the evil king and sorcerer Munkar. Obtaining the sword is quite easy, but the amulet and the chalice are in Munkar's possession. Fortunately, the evil king has arranged a tournament in which the county's most skilled warriors fight each other until death. The winner is then to take the king's place. Of course, the king doesn't want anybody to take his place, an therefore he has planned to kill the winner (instead of just not arranging the tournament in the first place). Deathstalker is not only to obtain the the three powers of creation, but also to save the old, good king's gorgeous daughter (Barbi Benton) from the claws of evil Munkar. Luckily, he doesn't get bored on his way to the tournament, since he is allowed hump the gorgeous female warrior Kaira (Lana Clarkson) in the meantime...The film has many great, incredibly stupid and funny scenes. Some of my favorite scenes include: Deathstalker beheads a bad guy with his sword. The head that falls down, however, is not that guy's head. The falling head has a red goatee, while the guy beheaded by Deathstalker had dark hair and no beard.When the character of female warrior Kaira (Lana Clarkson) is introduced, she is first seen in a black robe, hiding her face and body. Deathstalker's traveling companion Oghris (Richard Brooker) fights her, and during the sword fight her robe (under which she is, of course topless) opens, exposing her breasts. Her breasts are the first thing we see of Lana Clarkson, even before her face.The last warrior Deathstalker has to fight in the tournament, is a giant guy with the body of a man and the head of a pig.Evil Munkar has an ugly little creature locked in a chest. He feeds that little creature human eyeballs and fingers.... There are many other unintentionally funny, hilarious, and great scenes. The acting is terrible but Barbi Benton and the late Lana Clarkson are eye-candy, and although I described this movie as 'unintentionally funny', I sometimes had the impression that some of the actors were absolutely aware of how crappy the movie is. There is a fair amount of gore, and lots of female nudity to keep the viewer entertained. "Deathstalker" is an incredibly awful movie, but I still highly recommend it. People with a sense of humor will have the time of their lives!