Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)

A loose sequel to Deathstalker, though mostly through the use of recycled footage at the start. This is a lighter film though with boy wizards, fairly bloodless fighting and amusing dwarves instead of much in the way of female nudity and decapitations. Evil wizard Shurka (Thom Christopher) kills the good wizard (Edgardo Moreira) and takes over the kingdom. However, the wizard's son Simon (Vidal Peterson) manages to escape along with his friend who looks like he is wearing a cheap yeti fancy dress costume.

Simon befriends wandering warrior Kor (Bo Svenson), who is apparently a famous adventurer though he doesn't really show much in the way of fighting in this film, his hunt for booze is very impressive instead. Simon and Kor have to get back to the palace and find the ring of power before Shurka and his goons do. The fact the ring was lying in a corner of Shurka's spell chamber all along indicates the goons did not try very hard...

A terrible film but unintentionally hilarious and highly entertaining. The sets are cheap, as are the costumes and effects. The various beasts and monsters look like bargain items bought at a fancy dress store. The film's plot is basic but works well enough. The film is terrific nonsense.

Deathstalker (1983)

Sword and sorcery... and a lot of bare breasts. Evil Munkar (Bernard Erhard) is a magician who rules the kingdom... which seems to be a kingdom of a lot of murder and rape. Carefree adventurer Deathstalker (Richard Hill) is recruited by a witch to defeat Munkar. To do this he must get a magical sword which will render him invincible. He does this (and thus takes a lot of the tension out of the film).

Next Deathstalker rides into Munkar's castle to take part in a tournament. More killing and depravity takes place. Princess Codille (Barbi Benton) is more of interest to Deathstalker than the ultimate power, which he will gain if he seizes Munkar's amulet and chalice...

So this is a film with a lot of violence (including quite a lot of decapitations) and sex (masses of female and make nudity). Naturally the land is also full of strange monsters and freaks, including a rather odd creature who lives in a box. It is isn't a film that has much in the way of plot, but the plot there is is the usual sub-Conan fare. The film doesn't really make much sense but is enjoyable campy tosh and is as fun as it looks. It doesn't take itself seriously which is always the best with stuff like this.