THE PHANTOM EMPIRE (1988)

 

Directed by: Fred Olen Ray

Starring: Sybil Danning, Ross Hagen, Jeffrey Combs, Russ Tamblyn, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Quarry, Susan Stokey, Michelle Bauer

85 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:

When a man-eating cave creature appears with a fortune in uncut diamonds around his neck, Dr. Chambers' daughter Denae hires a salvage company to find the underground source of the gems. Accompanied by archaeological intern Andrew Paris, mineralogist Professor Strock, and the salvage company's Cort Eastman and Eddy Colchilde, Denae's hopes of emerging from her famous father's shadow become as remote as getting out of the caves alive!