The Guns N' Roses guitarist updates Deathstalker for the modern era—but there's still plenty of gore and debauchery
After the success of Excalibur and Conan The Barbarian in the early 1980s, a wave of sword and sorcery and barbarian movies flooded theaters and video stores throughout the decade. There was bigger budget fare like Legend, Ladyhawke, and Conan The Destroyer , and then there was a whole slew of gory, racy sword and sandal titles made for little money that littered video store shelves like Conquest and Barbarian Queen .
Slash, Seeley, Terry, and Kostanski tasked themselves with undoing the terrible tropes they loved as childhood fans of that ’80s sleazefest, delivering up comedy amidst the carnage—and there’s plenty of it here. But don’t worry, Gen X fans—Deathstalker hasn’t been neutered. There’s no shortage of gore, but thankfully there are no sexual assaults in this version. He’s not as reprehensible now; however, he’s still not the brightest warrior out there.
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