10 VHS Tapes That Totally Lied To You

10. Death Stalker (1983)

Remember ‘Conan the Barbarian’ with Arnie? Great, wasn’t it. Remember Deathstalker? That’s okay, your writer will tell you about it.

First, look at that artwork for the UK rental video. Who wouldn’t want to see this movie? You could be forgiven for looking at this and renting the hell out of it on impulse.

We follow Deathstalker, payed by Rick Hill (from such classics as ‘Warrior Queen’ and ‘Fast Gun’) on his quest to unite the powers of an amulet, a chalice and some secret… thing.

To complete this quest, Deathstalker must confront evil sorcerer Munkar. Along the way he encounters nudity, magic, nudity, a pig man, nudity, evil, nudity and violence. Written by Howard R. Cohen - who also has writing credits for ‘Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer’, ‘Care Bears’ and ‘Vampire Hookers’ - Deathstalker did, surprisingly, spawn three sequels, which goes to show it must have done well in the rental market.