80s Sword & Sorcery Throwback Remake ‘Deathstalker’ Official Trailer

80s Sword & Sorcery Throwback Remake ‘Deathstalker’ Official Trailer

by Alex Billington
August 27, 2025
Source: YouTube

“My old friend… Come and get it!” Shout Studios has unveiled the official trailer for a throwback 80s movie remake titled Deathstalker, made by Canadian genre filmmaker extraordinaire Steven Kostanski (of The Void, Leprechaun Returns, Psycho Goreman (PG), and Frankie Freako. This fall, return to the Kingdom of Abraxeon with Kostanski reimagining of Roger Corman’s cult sword & sorcery 80s film series, Deathstalker (which began back in 1983). Starring Daniel Bernhardt as the titular Deathstalker with Patton Oswalt providing the voice of the benevolent wizard Doodad, this action fantasy adventure feature. Also featuring Christina Orjalo, Paul Lazenby, and Nina Bergman. Hitting theaters this October. This reboot focuses on the fantasy setting, utilizing creature suits, prosthetic FX make-up and stop-motion animation from his Action Pants FX shop. Deathstalker must face the rising evil and take on the undead sorcerer Nekromemnon to stop his Dreadites from conquering the lands. This looks like Army of Darkness but riffing on these kind of epic sword & sorcery classics of olde. Honestly it totally looks like the perfect pizza & beer weekend flick.

Here’s the official trailer (+ two posters) for Steven Kostanski’s movie Deathstalker, direct from YouTube:

“Evil has many names… adventure only one!” In this modern Deathstalker movie, the Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of long-dead sorcerer Nekromemnon. When Deathstalker recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he is marked by dim magick and hunted by monstrous assassins of all kinds. To survive, he must break the curse and confront the rising evil. Death is just the beginning… of great adventure! Deathstalker is written and directed by Canadian genre filmmaker Steven Kostanski, director of the gnarly fan-favorite genre films Manborg, Father’s Day, The Void, Leprechaun Returns, Psycho Goreman (PG), and Frankie Freako previously, plus episodes of the rebooted “Day of the Dead” series recently. Produced by Avi Federgreen, Michael Paszt, Pasha Patriki. This just premiered at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival this month. Shout Studios & Radical Ent. will debut Kostanski’s Deathstalker movie in select US theaters starting on October 10th, 2025 coming soon this fall. Anyone want to watch?

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