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

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven — and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan Poe

Deathstalker starring Daniel Bernhardt. Picture: 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 just had its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash — aka Saul Hudson — was 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.