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''Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell'' is the third entry in the ''Film/{{Deathstalker|Series}}'' franchise. It stars Creator/JohnAllenNelson as the titular Deathstalker. Like John Terlesky, who played the role in ''Film/DeathstalkerIIDuelOfTheTitans'', Nelson plays Deathstalker as a LovableRogue and JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Sadly, his Deathstalker isn't all that lovable, is a terrible rogue in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' sense of the word (he gets caught trying to steal a horse AND sneaking around the villain's castle) and comes off as a JerkAss rather than a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

The plot, such as it is, centers upon the EvilSorceror Prince Troxartas and his efforts to acquire several magical stones that will enable him to TakeOverTheWorld. He is also dabbling in BlackMagic, which lets him bring warriors he has killed BackFromTheDead, so he can build an [[SealedArmyInACan Invincible Army of the Undead]]. Deathstalker becomes involved after Troxartas' men try and grab one of the stones from his friend, the wizard Nicias and he is entrusted with a second stone by a dying princess, who was going to use the magic of the stones to find a legendary city full of treasure for her landless people.

Along the way, he gets framed for the murder of the princess, runs into the princess's RichBitch twin sister (who is also Troxartas' betrothed), seduces a potato farmer's daughter and -- somehow -- saves the day.

Filmed entirely on location in UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}! AND is the only one of the Deathstalker films not available commercially on DVD... at least, not the vanilla movie. You ''can'' purchase the [=MST3K=] version though.

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E03DeathstalkerAndTheWarriors here]]''.
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!!''Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell'' contains these tropes:

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Troxartas seems to be either impersonating Shatner, or hyperventilating.
* AffablyEvil: Troxartas. Sure he enslaves the souls of the dead in his quest for supreme power, but at least he's usually polite about it.
* AnimalMotifs: TheDragon's helmet, with its bat-wing motif.
* {{Antihero}}: Deathstalker. He's kind of a self-centered jerk with delusions of superiority and practically oozes smugness, especially when dealing with women. Pretty much par for the course for this type of movie.
* ArrangedMarriage: Elizena is betrothed to Troxartas in exchange for aide to her starving people. Troxartas only hopes to get information on the stones from her and plans to kill her once he does.
* BackFromTheDead: The titlular "Warriors from Hell" are dead warriors returned to life by Troxartas' magic and controlled by means of a soul-trapping magic jar. Their reactions vary; a few see it as a second chance at life, but the ones who had been dead long enough to get used to it are just annoyed.
* BaldOfEvil: Troxartas, of the circle of power variety.
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: Interacts with FashionVictimVillain when Troxartas (who favors lavender robes and short tunics without tights) finds the princess and orders that she be given a bath and a change of clothes.
-->'''Troxartas:''' (To Camisarde) Give her something of yours, then... something beautiful and soft.\\
'''Crow (as Troxartas):''' Wait, something of ''mine''!
%%* BeardOfEvil: Troxartas' head mook.
* BerserkButton: Elizena does ''not'' like being compared to her sister.
%%* BlackCloak: Troxartas' mooks.
* BrainlessBeauty: Elizena. Even her own twin sister says so.
* ButNowIMustGo: Deathstalker goes off looking for another magical city full of treasure at the end.
* CampStraight: Troxartas is pretty fey but appears to prefer women.
* CassandraTruth: Elizena spends nearly the entire movie believing Deathstalker killed Carissa despite his constant protests.
* CasualDangerDialog: Deathstalker, nauseatingly and smugly.
* CityOfGold: The treasure the MacGuffin stones are supposed to be able to find is a city full of gold, jewels, and magical artifacts that was sealed away long ago.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Nicias teleports into the castle, presumably to rescue Deathstalker, just as Troxartas and TheDragon are walking down that specific hallway. Troxartas clearly can't believe his luck.
* CoversAlwaysLie: While the above cover artwork is a good Boris Vallejo piece, the BarbarianHero doesn't look a thing like Deathstalker in this movie. Nor do any of the heroines resemble the kneeling Amazon. And we never get to see our hero fighting monsters creeping out of coffins, as we do here.
* DeadpanSnarker: Deathstalker, like any {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold
-->'''Deathstalker''': Strange, I remember killing you in that duel.\\
'''Dead Warrior''': Oh, you did. You did.\\
'''Deathstalker''': Good. That clears everything up.
* TheDragon: The head mook with the bat helmet.
* DullSurprise: Carla Herd, as the twin princesses, Carissa (the dead one) and Elizena (the dumb one). She has difficulty conveying any emotion other than annoyance.
* DumbassHasAPoint: When Elizena starts to say it's difficult to be a princess, one might expect the usual whining of a spoiled brat. Instead she makes good points about how sad it is to see her people starve and how it's unfair that she has to go into an ArrangedMarriage, but she's willing to do so to help them.
* EightiesHair: Quite a few people have it.
* FanDisservice: A female Warrior from Hell who is effectively topless, but still made up to look like a half-rotted corpse.
* {{Fanservice}}:
** During Deathstalker's torture scene - strapped down and wearing nothing but very tight pants.
** Elizena has two topless scenes and Marinda has a sex scene with Deathstalker.
* FriendlyEnemy: One of the titular warriors cheerfully introduces Deathstalker to his companions as the only man who ever beat him in a fair fight. He clearly considers the fact he died in said fight incidental.
* GroinAttack: As Camisarde uses electric torture on Deathstalker, the final shock is to his crotch, causing him to pass out.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Deathstalker's preferred weapon is a sword, while love interest Marinda is an expert with a bow and arrow.
* HeelFaceTurn: Troxartas' undead minions are quite willing to turn on their master.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Deathstalker, for being framed for killing the first of the twin princess.
* HeroicSacrifice: Marinda to save Deathstalker.
* HiddenDepths: See the DumbassHasAPoint entry above. Elizena might be a BrainlessBeauty and act like a self-centered brat, but she does care for her people and is willing to sacrifice her happiness for their well-being.
* HonorBeforeReason: Deathstalker is determined to win his fights fairly (although this comes out of nowhere; the very first fight has him win a sparring match by cheating). Because he doesn't kill Troxartas when he's disarmed, [[spoiler:his love interest is killed returning his own sword to him shortly thereafter]].
* InformedAbility: We're told that Deathstalker is a great swordsman and hero but he seems to spend most of the movie getting caught stealing things, sneaking around where he isn't supposed to, running away and getting his ass kicked. Hell, the only reason he wins the final fight against Troxartas is because his sidekick threw him a sword and distracted the evil wizard.
** To be fair, the claims of his always fighting fair are justified. He even refuses to kill Troxartas while he's unarmed [[spoiler:(despite that leading to the death of his girlfriend)]].
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Deathstalker, who at one point exclaims he doesn't know how the stories about him get created.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Only when Elizena learns of Troxartas' plan to kill her does she ''finally'' believe Deathstalker didn't kill Carissa.
* JerkAss: Deathstalker, though he's also TheAce too.
* KarmaHoudini: Camisarde, who seems to face no consequences beyond being shoved once by a Warrior of Hell for her aiding and abetting Troxartas's evil reign. Not only that, but she also sliced Nicias' throat, albeit unintentionally.
* LargeHam: Troxartas. He may be one of the [[BadBadActing hammiest villains ever]].
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the previous ''Deathstalker'' films. This film is lighter on rape, and the worst it gets is some male sexual torture on Deathstalker.
* LovableRogue: Deathstalker tries for this but misses the Lovable part.
** Considering how lousy he is at sneaking around and stealing horses, it can be argued that he misses the Rogue part too.
* {{Macguffin}}: The three stones needed to find the lost city.
* MadeOfExplodium: Somehow, getting stabbed by a sword makes Troxartas explode.
* MayDecemberRomance: It's implied that the wizard Nicias hooks up with Troxartas's girlfriend Camisarde at the end.
* MisplacedVegetation: A potato farmer gets a prominent role in what is otherwise a relatively standard MedievalEuropeanFantasy world.
* [[MrExposition Ms Exposition]]: The first of the twin princess that Deathstalker meets.
* MsFanservice: When Elizena isn't topless, she's wearing rather revealing outfits. Ditto for Marinda.
* NeuroVault: Nicias the wizard has one of these hiding the location of the {{Macguffin}} stones.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In his first scene John Allen Nelson makes a half-assed attempt at an English accent before reverting back to his native Texas twang for the rest of the movie.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Deathstalker, natch.
* PunchClockVillain: The Warriors from Hell are surprisingly affable for undead soldiers controlled by an evil overlord. They even politely introduce themselves and invite Deathstalker to eat dinner with them, before informing him that they are under orders to kill him.
* RecycledSoundtrack:
** This is yet '''another''' fantasy or sci-fi movie to recycle Music/JamesHorner's ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' score.
** Another, much more copyright-infringing example occurs when Deathstalker gets a new horse, the scene uses [[Music/{{Toto}} Brian Eno]]'s "Prophecy" from ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}'' as almost a love theme.
* ShirtlessScene: Troxartas and Deathstalker both have one.
* SmolderingShoes: The wizard leaves behind some smoking moccasins when he teleports away.
* SoulJar: It's how Troxartas controls his undead minions.
* SpinningOutOfHere: Nicias spinning his way out when casting his teleport spell.
* SpoiledBrat: Elizena.
* SwordFight: One of the worst put to screen. [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Kevin Murphy]] called it "the worst stage fighting I've ever seen on film." and WebVideo/{{Skallagrim}} had an episode breaking down its crappiness titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEzSm9I8wE A Movie "Sword Fight" so Bad it's Mentally Painful...]]"
* TalkingYourWayOut: Deathstalker tries this on Camisarde, but she just gets annoyed. He does seem to succeed with the Warriors from Hell, though.
* TooKinkyToTorture:
** Deathstalker seems to ''really'' enjoy being tied down by Camisarde.
-->'''Crow:''' His "area" mocks me!!
** Also, the look on his face when she applies the ElectricTorture to his groin area is really closer to ''pleasure'' than pain.
* WizardBeard: Nicias
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Used hard in the opening scene but it doesn't last.
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