
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth(1970)
An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.


Lost city explorers find mutants, cavegirls, dinosaurs and a leather clad space queen.

Ross Hagen
Cort Eastman

Jeffrey Combs
Andrew Paris

Dawn Wildsmith
Eddy Colchilde

Robert Quarry
Prof. Strock

Susan Stokey
Denae Chambers

Sybil Danning
Alien Queen

Michelle Bauer
Cave Bunny

Russ Tamblyn
Bill
Michael Sonye
Picnic Guy
Victoria Alexander
Picnic Girl
The Phantom Empire is a science fiction, horror, adventure, fantasy film released in 1987 exploring themes of dinosaur, cave girls. Directed by Fred Olen Ray, it stars Ross Hagen, Jeffrey Combs, Dawn Wildsmith. Lost city explorers find mutants, cavegirls, dinosaurs and a leather clad space queen.
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An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.

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The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

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