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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
John Bleasdale

‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trash classic Deathstalker

A muscular actor wearing a scary pig mask fights with a shorter muscular actor with long hair
‘Passion project’ … the new Deathstalker starring Daniel Bernhardt. Photograph: Hanger 18 Media

Welcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.

It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says.

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