Empire Of The Dark

Empire of the Dark
Empire of the Dark
	DVD cover
Directed by	Steve Barkett
Screenplay by	Steve Barkett
Produced by	Steve Barkett; Isam Jamjoom;
Starring	Steve Barkett; Richard Harrison;
Cinematography	William Stromberg; Robert Stromberg;
Edited by	Steve Barkett
Music by	John Morgan
Production; company	The Nautilus Film Company
Distributed by	VCI Entertainment
Release date	1991;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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

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

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

^ 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

Ziemba, Joseph A.; Budnik, Dan (2013). Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Headpress. p. 97. ISBN 978-1900486880.

External links

Empire of the Dark at IMDb

[1] Lentz III, Harris M. (2001). Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television Credits (Second ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 1,071. ISBN 9780786409426.

[FOOTNOTEZiembaBudnik2013[httpsbooksgooglecombooksid_NBkDwAAQBAJpgPA97_97]-2] Ziemba & Budnik 2013, pp. 97.

[3] 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.

[FOOTNOTEZiembaBudnik2013[httpsbooksgooglecombooksid_NBkDwAAQBAJpgPA98_98]-4] Ziemba & Budnik 2013, pp. 98.

[5] Wooley, John (May 27, 1997). "The Buzz of Thriller Bs". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. D-2. Retrieved May 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Empire of the Dark [DVD-R] [1991]". VCI Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.

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