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Worse News: Deathstalker (2025) first trailer!

Posted: 27/08/2025 in Tribute, Worse News
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In case the recent teaser poster wasn’t enough for you, Shout! Studios just put out the first trailer for the new Deathstalker and it doesn’t disappoint. For those of us missing the 80s cheese Barbarian flicks in our lives this is a breath of fresh air.

In Deathstalker, the Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of the long-dead sorcerer Nekromemnon. When Deathstalker recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he’s marked by dark magick and hunted by monstrous assassins. To survive, he must break the curse and face the rising evil. Death is just the beginning… of great adventure!

Also, notice the Albert Pyun‘s Sword and the Sorcerer easter egg at the end there- wasn’t expecting that one!

Worse News: Kostanski’s Deathstalker poster and release date!

Posted: 13/08/2025 in Tribute, Worse News
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After the recent news that Shout! Studios bought the U.S. rights for the new Deathstalker movie staring Daniel Bernhardt just before it’s premiere on Locarno Festival (Switzerland) we finally have the release date for the movie too! North American release date is October 10 with Shout! handling U.S. and Raven Banner handling it’s native Canada.

Japanese and German- speaking territories rights were also sold at the Locarno Festival with more to follow.

With this and the long gestating Red Sonja reboot (coming out today!!!) this is shaping up to be a fun year for Sword and Sorcery fans. (And that’s not even counting the comicbook side with the titular Deathstalker from Vault Comics, Titan’s Conan and Savage Sword of Conan and Dynamite’s Fire and Ice.)

Not to forget we also got this sweet poster:

Worse News: Shout! Studios acquires rights for the new Deathstalker movie starring Daniel Bernhardt!

Posted: 03/08/2025 in Worse News
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Just ahead of the official premiere at the 89 Locarno Film Festival Shout! Studios has closed the deal
and acquired the English- speaking territory rights for the new Deathstalker movie, directed by Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, Frankie Freako). That’s great news for us Sword and Sorcery fans- it’s been decades since the last sequel (Deathstalker IV) of the classic Corman series was in cinemas and now we can actually expect a new one later this year.

Daniel Bernhardt (Bloodsport 2, Matrix 2, John Wick) Martial Art movie veteran stars as a Deathstalker a forth actor to carry a titular role. He is joined by comedian Patton Oswald who voices the minuscule wizard Doodad as well as well Nina Bergman, Paul Lazenby and Christina Orjalo.

Deathstalker and the wizard Doodad

Movies follows the Deathstalker comicbook series by Vault, Deathstalker: The Damned Blood by Seeley ,Terry and Russel presented by legendary guitarist Slash (Guns N’ Roses) who is also the executive producer of the movie- as well as a co-composer of the Deathstalker (2025) theme (w/ Bear McCreary and Chuck Cirino).

Slash, Kostanski & Bernhardt