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Written by James M. Tate / 8/26/2025 / No comments / adventure , allan arkush , claudia jennings , david carradine , david mclean , exploitation , post-apocalyptic , richard lynch , roger corman , seventies , will walker , william smithers

DAVID CARRADINE WITH CLAUDIA JENNINGS IN 'DEATHSPORT'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6sxwfw2CTTnfaMoY9LVfgrKYVLxU5tgO0nBJCQBTCAHqTQYisGN7F33-1BJ2ng7AaGBm49m3VTpxIZdjvO_Q9IuW918Bo-g8fgxvpW99OF4JZcAwOs-xboLBtkC-vIWaBoz-h11CgEL1znWaE5UNsTSg4XmD4Y0Qul4cVvOmQf7GfGEVL1IA2GjfKYp3/s1486/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-26%20at%203.30.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6sxwfw2CTTnfaMoY9LVfgrKYVLxU5tgO0nBJCQBTCAHqTQYisGN7F33-1BJ2ng7AaGBm49m3VTpxIZdjvO_Q9IuW918Bo-g8fgxvpW99OF4JZcAwOs-xboLBtkC-vIWaBoz-h11CgEL1znWaE5UNsTSg4XmD4Y0Qul4cVvOmQf7GfGEVL1IA2GjfKYp3/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-26%20at%203.30.37%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: DEATHSPORT Year: 1978 Rating: **1/2  Grade: C—</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the Roger Corman production DEATHSPORT, featuring a matte-painting used in the Corman-produced hit <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2025/08/DR2000.html">DEATH RACE 2000</a> now representing a Roman Colosseum facing the titular dirt-bike battle straight from the gladiator sub-genre... but that only happens for a relatively short time...<br><br>What this super-low-budget post-apocalyptic science-fiction adventure really entails... beyond caveman-clad David Carradine and sporadically-naked Claudia Jennings as primitively-enlightened heroes battling both Fascist upstart Richard Lynch and various desert-dwelling cannibals... are sound effects seeming straight out of the previous years' blockbuster STAR WARS...</p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, allan arkush, claudia jennings, david carradine, david mclean, exploitation, post-apocalyptic, richard lynch, roger corman, seventies, will walker, william smithers

DAVID CARRADINE WITH CLAUDIA JENNINGS IN 'DEATHSPORT'

Title: DEATHSPORT Year: 1978 Rating: **1/2 Grade: C— In the Roger Corman production DEATHSPORT, featuring a matte-painting used in the Corm...

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