Sorceress

Sorceress (1982)

Good and evil clash in the ultimate cosmic struggle!

Twin warrior sisters, raised in the wilderness and trained for battle, must survive a bizarre world of monsters, cultists, zombies, and barbarians as they prepare for a final showdown with the father who once tried to destroy them.

Date of release
1982-03-01
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (85)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director
Jack Hill

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $500K

Sorceress is a 1982 sword-and-sorcery film directed and produced by Jack Hill, starring identical twins Leigh and Lynette Harris in the leading roles. It was produced and distributed by Roger Corman's New World Pictures. As of 2026, this is the last film directed by Jack Hill.

Production

Jack Hill says Corman approached him to do a sword and sorcery film inspired by the success of Conan the Barbarian. Hill:

At that time, Roger had a special effects studio [at the New World Studios in Venice, California] that was doing really good work. They had done some of the special effects work on [John Carpenter's] Escape from New York and some other big pictures, and Corman owned the special effects unit himself, so he could do it for a low budget.

"I should have known better," joked Hill later. He said he was inspired to do a film about twin girls inspired by The Corsican Brothers.

Hill says he wrote the script "entirely" but Jim Wynorski is the only one credited. Hill says "the dialogue was unfortunately all dubbed in by amateurs and office employees, of which I was not involved in."

Hill wrote the part of Pando for Sid Haig who had appeared in many of Hill's films but Corman would not pay the actor's fee so another person played the role.

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