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 PoeWelcome 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. Continue reading...