Corman/Argentina

 

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DEATHSTALKER-1983-Some warrior dickhead called Deathstalker (Richard Hill) is convinced by a witch to get an amulet of power from the stronghold of the evil Kang (Victor Bo) and reunite "the 3 powers". Along the way he meets another loser, Ogris (Richard Brooker; Jason in FRIDAY THE 13-PART 3) and warrior woman Kaira (Lana Clarkson; later the star of BARBARIAN QUEEN (1985)). Deathstalker saves a woman (Barbi Benton) Kang planned sacrifice. 

One of ten films Roger Corman produced in Argentina when he owned New World, it features outrageously bad sfx, acting and dialogue. 

Directed by John Watson who under his real last name Sbardellati was mostly an assistant director. Written by Howard Cohen, who besides writing a couple of sequels also penned VAMPIRE HOOKERS (1978) and THE UNHOLY ROLLERS (1972). Tragically, co-star Lana Clarkson was murdered by Phil Spector in 2003.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Budget...

 

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WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDOM-1985-This weird kind of kid oriented fantasy starts off with a narrator telling us about the age of wizards with scenes from other movies. Then in the kingdom of King Tylor, a wizard's son Simon (Vidal Peterson) is given a magic ring by his father just before their kingdom is attacked by the traitorous sorcerer Shurka (Thom Christopher) and his troops under the guidance of the evil queen, who kills the king and the wizard. Simon escapes with Wookie like companion Gulfax. Shurka imprisons the princess who's sweet on Simon and captures all the children. When Simon is trapped by some bad guys enter Kor (Bo Swenson), a sort of wino warrior/wanderer. Kor decides to help Simon despite the fact that he is being hunted by a cyclops who wants the warrior to marry his sister! At one point Simon comes under a spell of black magic and it's scenes from another movie (DEATHSTALKER; not unusual since this movie was produced by Roger Corman's Concorde which often incorporated clips from other movies). Later they meet a mermaid and Simon defeats Shurka.

 It's a very dumb story with terrible SFX written by Ed Naha who later penned TROLL and DOLLS for Richard Band and the big budgeted high profile HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS. He'd also written for many magazines including Starlog, Fangoria and Playboy. WIZARDS is one of a handful of movies filmed in Argentina by Concorde. Director Hector Olivera also made BARBARIAN QUEEN for Corman.

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