The Lost Empire

The Lost Empire (1984)

A Roaring Adventure with Blistering Action and Eye-Popping Women!

A police officer and her two companions battle an evil genius with diabolical plans to destroy the world. Whoever can find the three sacred jewels can anticipate total power.

Date of release
1984-06-22
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (64)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Director
Jim Wynorski

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lost Empire is a 1984 American action adventure film written, produced, and directed by Jim Wynorski in his directorial debut. It stars Melanie Vincz, Raven De La Croix, and Angela Aames as women who infiltrate a fortified island ruled by an undead wizard and his evil cult. The premiered on June 22, 1984 in Wilmington, North Carolina, followed by a general release in February 1985.

Production

Wynorksi had written a number of films for Roger Corman and this was his directorial debut. Finance came from a theatre owner, Henry Plitt. Wynorski said Plitt "wanted to make a low budget sci-fi action picture as a tax loss. I never knew that when I made the show, so I put my heart and soul into the project."

Corman did not finance the film, but Wynorski used Corman's studio to build many of the interior and exterior sets.

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