Deathstalker

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Deathstalker

Oct 2025

1h 42m

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

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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!

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

It’s a playground for the filmmakers and audience alike, a fantastical space where anything can happen, whether it’s silly or badass or both.

Oct 10, 2025

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

There are too many points in Deathstalker where it feels like Kostanski has convinced himself that he’s making an honest-to-goodness epic, a genuine challenger to Conan’s skull-lined throne.

Oct 9, 2025

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

This remagining veers even harder into silly territory with aplomb, leveraging its rough edges in its favor, and brings tongue-in-cheek personality in spades.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 9, 2025

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Rachel Shatto

Bloody Good Horror (Podcast)

What Kostanski gets right isn’t just the nostalgia, gore, or even the joys of puppety violence—it’s tone. It feels like an invitation to an inside joke, with a whimsical imagination that’s oddly wholesome for a film that opens with a bloody decapitation.

Nov 12, 2025

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

2025’s Deathstalker is a fun, delightfully foolish, and heart-filled tale best watched in a packed theatre full of movie lovers.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 11, 2025

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

2025's Deathstalker is a ready-made cult item, created by fans for other fans... By that metric, Kostanski’s film is largely successful, and a genuine hoot for those so inclined.

Nov 5, 2025

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The Maunderer

Gory, Classic VFX, Tongue in Cheek Dialogue. A good ole B-Medieval Fantasy movie. A Bloody Fun time with beer!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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Kalidor the Konqueror

I give it 10/10. I love sword and sorcery films. This paid a nice homage to the original Deathstalker series, the Masters of the Universe, the Army of Darkness, and some others. The film has great practical effects, gore, action, and just enough comedy. Unlike most films of this genre, there is no gratuitous sex or nudity. I drove a 3.5 hour round trip to see a movie with 1 hr 42 min run-time. That's how good it was.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/12/25

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Eric

Best movie Ive seen since the Lord of the Rings.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/12/25

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robert l

So good. A real love letter to the sword and sorcery films of the 80s.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/12/25

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shayne

Great movie that knew exactly what it was. An awesome reboot of a sword and sorcery franchise that didn't fall into the trap of trying to be realistic or gritty. Not a single actor phoned in their performance, you can tell every one of them was having a blast making it. If you like sword and sorcery with awesome soundtracks, you'll love DEATHSTALKER

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/11/25

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Shelby B

It was like Conan meets Army of Darkness. Worth the watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/27/25

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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!

Director: Steven Kostanski
Producer: Avi Federgreen, Pasha Patriki, Michael Paszt
Screenwriter: Steven Kostanski
Distributor: SHOUT! STUDIOS
Production Co: Hangar 18 Media
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2025
Runtime: 1h 42m

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