Deathstalker (1983 film)

Deathstalker
Theatrical release film poster by Boris Vallejo
Directed byJames Sbardellati (as John Watson)
Written byHoward R. Cohen
Produced byJames Sbardellati
Starring
CinematographyLeonardo Rodríguez Solís
Edited by
  • John K. Adams
  • Silvia Ripoll
Music byÓscar Cardozo Ocampo
Production
companies
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • September 2, 1983 (1983-09-02)
Running time
80 minutes
Countries
  • Argentina
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$457,000
Box office$5 million (theatrical) or $11.9 million

Deathstalker, also known as El cazador de la muerte, is a 1983 Argentine-American sword and sorcery film directed by James Sbardellati (credited as John Watson), and starring Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Bernard Erhard and Lana Clarkson.

An international co-production of Argentina and the United States, it was the first in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures, and the first of ten films that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.