Empire of the Dark
Empire of the Dark | |
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Directed by | Steve Barkett |
Screenplay by | Steve Barkett |
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Edited by | Steve Barkett |
Music by | John Morgan[1] |
Production company | The Nautilus Film Company |
Distributed by | VCI Entertainment |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
Sprache | Englisch |
Empire of the Dark is a 1991 American fantasy action horror film written, co-produced, directed and edited by Steve Barkett, who also stars in the film. Barkett plays Richard, an ex-police officer who seeks to avenge the apparent death of his former lover (Tera Hendrickson), whom he witnessed be ritually sacrificed two decades prior by Satan worshipper Arkham (Richard Harrison) after entering a portal to Hell.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Steve Barkett as Richard Flynn
- Christopher Barkett as Terry Nash
- Tera Hendrickson as Angela Nash
- Richard Harrison as Arkham
- Dawn Wildsmith as Madame Oleska
- Jay Richardson as Eddie Green
- Patricia Schiotis as Stacey Brent
- Joseph Pilato[3] as Guy Zupan
Animator Jim Danforth appears as one of Satan's henchmen.[4]
Production
[edit]Empire of the Dark was shot on 35 mm film.[2]
Barkett described the film to Tulsa World:
It's really very much a Sleeping Beauty story, combined with Bela Lugosi's White Zombie and a lot of other stuff. It's the toughest movie, and the most expensive movie, I've ever made, and it's been a tough sell.[5]
Home media
[edit]The film was released on VHS by the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based distributor VCI Home Video in 1997;[2] VCI later re-released the film on DVD.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2001). Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television Credits (Second ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 1,071. ISBN 9780786409426.
- ^ a b c Ziemba & Budnik 2013, pp. 97.
- ^ Squires, John (March 25, 2019). "[R.I.P.] 'Day of the Dead' Scene-Stealer Joseph Pilato Has Died at 70". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ Ziemba & Budnik 2013, pp. 98.
- ^ Wooley, John (May 27, 1997). "The Buzz of Thriller Bs". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. D-2. Retrieved May 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Empire of the Dark [DVD-R] [1991]". VCI Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Ziemba, Joseph A.; Budnik, Dan (2013). Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Headpress. p. 97. ISBN 978-1900486880.
External links
[edit]- 1991 films
- 1991 action films
- 1991 fantasy films
- 1991 horror films
- American action adventure films
- American action horror films
- American fantasy action films
- American police films
- Films about human sacrifice
- Films about psychic powers
- Films about Satanism
- Films set in hell
- Films using stop-motion animation
- Puppet films
- Religious horror films
- American films about revenge