The Ghost Dance (film)

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The Ghost Dance
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Directed byPeter F. Buffa
Screenplay by
  • Peter F. Buffa
  • Robert Sutton
Produced byRobert Sutton
Starring
Cinematography Fred Murphy
Music byJoseph Byrd
Production
company
Ahrememess [1]
Distributed by Trans World Entertainment [2]
Running time
96 minutes [3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000 (estimated)

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. [2] It was the first slasher film to be based around and feature Native American characters. [4]

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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

Release

Home media

The film was released for the first time on DVD by Mediabox on April 24, 2006. [6]

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References

  1. "The Ghost Dance (1982)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Pitts, Michael R. (2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2nd ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 1538. ISBN   978-0786463725.
  3. Hilger, Michael (2015). Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present. New York: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 174. ISBN   978-1442240025.
  4. Sykes, Brad (2018). Terror in the Desert: Dark Cinema of the American Southwest. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 136. ISBN   978-1476631325.
  5. Lentz, Harris (2001). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Filmography. McFarland. p. 1133. ISBN   9780786409426 via Google Books.
  6. "Ghost Dance (1983) – Peter Bufa, Ken McMullen". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved April 4, 2019.