The 96-minute film was considered ground-breaking for its explicit violence, rawness, cannibalism, and somber ending."Meanwhile as the Lancers advance forward with bugles and trumpets blowing, the three captive officers plot their escape from their dungeon cell.Mike Myers""Austin Powersseriesowed a considerable debt to this film.The sets and costumes were slick and sterile, and in many cases selectively used primary colors:RED and BLACK - security police uniformsBLUE - simulated beauty pageant swim-suit contestantsGREEN - the computer""s eyes and facial cosmeticsWHITE - doctors"" uniforms, many backdropsIts production budget of $2 million was offset by its strong reception at the domestic box office (revenue of $18.The trance continued to show the circumstances leading up to the Pharaoh""s murder, and Anck-su-namun""s own suicide after she was discovered in an illicit relationship with High Priest Imhotep (the prologue of the first film).