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'The Ghost Dance' is a 1982 American Western slasher film directed and co-written by Peter F. Buffa, and starring Julie Amato, Victor Mohica, Henry Bal, and Frank Salsedo. Its plot follows a Native American shaman who becomes possessed by an evil spirit that drives him to kill.[ It was the first slasher film to be based around and feature Native American characters.]
Plot
The spirit of a long-dead warrior, Nahalla, possesses Aranjo, a local Native American man, after an archaeologist, Dr. Kay Foster, unearths Nahalla's remains during an exploratory excavation. Through Aranjo, Nahalla exacts a murderous rampage.
Cast
* Julie Amato as Dr. Kay Foster
* Victor Mohica as Tom Eagle
* Henry Bal as Nahalla/Aranjo
* Frank Salsedo as Ocacio
* Felicia Leon as Rea
* Frank Soto as Basowaya
* Quentin Sondergaard as Campus Guard
Release
Home mediaThe film was released for the first time on DVD by Mediabox on April 24, 2006.
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