![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the years that followed, the Corman/Olivera/Sessa partnership would produce The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984), Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985), Barbarian Queen (1985), Amazons (1986), and Deathstalker II (1987), along with a handful of films with no fantasy element. First out of the gate was the Conan clone Deathstalker (1983), co-produced by Olivera and Sessa, with a largely Argentinian crew and directed by James Sbardellati, who had graduated up the Corman ranks after acting as an assistant director on films like Humanoids from the Deep and the Star Wars cash-in Battle Beyond the Stars (both 1980). In the early 80’s Corman was invited by two members of the Argentine film industry, Héctor Olivera and Alejandro Sessa, to make some films in Argentina, in light of the country’s economic woes at the time and the low rates, skilled labor, and subsidies the country could provide. Roger Corman was behind a good number of them, naturally. The success of Conan the Barbarian (1982) didn’t just make Arnold Schwarzenegger a star it also launched a thousand knock-offs. ![]()
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