데스스토커

데스스토커 (1983)

Deathstalker

가장 강한 자만이 왕국을 차지한다

사악한 마법사 문카르가 왕을 몰아내고 왕국을 손에 넣었다. 세상을 지배할 힘은 '창조의 세 가지 권능', 곧 생명의 부적, 마법의 성배, 정의의 검에 깃들어 있고, 문카르는 이미 그중 둘을 차지한 채 마지막 하나인 검까지 노린다. 누구에게도 얽매이지 않고 황야를 떠돌던 전사 데스스토커는 한 마녀로부터 세 권능을 모아 문카르를 무너뜨리라는 사명을 받는다. 동굴에 잠든 전설의 검을 손에 넣은 그는 저주받은 도둑 살마론과 여전사 카이라를 동료로 삼아 문카르의 성으로 향한다. 때마침 성에서는 대륙 최강의 전사를 가리는 대회가 열리고, 사방에서 모여든 전사들이 서로를 죽이며 피의 향연을 벌인다. 그러나 이 대회 뒤에는 문카르의 음흉한 계략이 숨어 있고, 성 안에는 포로로 붙잡힌 코딜 공주가 구원의 손길을 기다리고 있는데...

개봉일
1983-09-02
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (226)
상영 시간(분)
1시간 20분
장르
액션, 판타지
감독
James Sbardellati
시리즈
데스스토커 시리즈

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Deathstalker is a 1983 American-Argentine sword and sorcery film directed by James Sbardellati and starring Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker, Lana Clarkson and Bernard Erhard. In it, a cynical antihero known only as Deathstalker (Hill) finds himself the unwitting participant in a warriors' tournament, set up under false pretense to wipe out all potential challengers to the reign of Munkar (Erhard), the evil mage who usurps a king's throne and holds his princess daughter (Benton) captive.

Production

By the early 1980s, the storied Argentine film industry was in a catastrophic situation, crippled by the country's economical collapse and a decline in independent foreign distributors, with no more than twenty films produced per year. To ensure their company's survival, Aries Cinematográfica owners Héctor Olivera and Fernando Ayala understood the need for co-productions.

Deathstalker was the first of two films that formed the initial phase of the Corman/Aries partnership, the second being Kain of Dark Planet (shot shortly after and released in 1984 as The Warrior and the Sorceress), although the agreement would eventually stretch to ten films. Deathstalker started development at New World Pictures, but Corman finalized a deal to sell the company right as production commenced.

This was the directorial debut of James Sbardellati, who had been an assistant on several Corman productions, as well as on Don Coscarelli's fantasy film The Beastmaster. Sbardellati brought with him his Beastmaster production assistant Frank K. Isaac.

The cast was led by five Americans, with Argentines filing all remaining roles. Like Sorceress, Deathstalker showcased a Playboy model, Barbi Benton. Although she was frequently referred to as a former Playmate of the Year, including on the film's domestic video sleeve, she was a covergirl for the magazine but never a Playmate. Former college football player and TV actor Rick Hill made his theatrical debut with the film.

Principal photography started on January 10, 1983, under the working title El cazador de la muerte (lit. 'The Death Hunter'), and spread across thirty-seven days. The film was shot at and around Estudios Baires, which Olivera and Ayala co-owned with a third party in Don Torcuato, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires.

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