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] Animator Jim Danforth appears as one of Satan's henchmen.

[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.

[5]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.