Scalps
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Scalps is a 1983
American horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray
that revolves around a vengeful Native American
spirit.
for artifacts, they unleash the evil spirit of Black Claw. The spirit possesses one of the group and begins slaughtering them one by one.
theatrically in the United States
by 21st Century Film Corporation
beginning in December 1983.
The film was released in the U.S. on double feature
video format by Continental Video alongside another feature - The Slayer
. It was cut by five minutes or so, in order to make room for the second feature, but all the gruesome scenes and violence are intact.
The was released on DVD
by Olen Ray's Retromedia Entertainment in 2004. This release is currently out of print
.
1983 in film
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American horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer.-Biography:He is the producer, director, and screenwriter of low to medium-budget feature films in many genres, including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, softcore sex films and crime dramas...
that revolves around a vengeful Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
spirit.
Plot
Six college archeology students work on a dig in the California desert, despite the warnings of a professor and the town drunk. When the group digs around in an Indian burial groundBurial Ground
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for artifacts, they unleash the evil spirit of Black Claw. The spirit possesses one of the group and begins slaughtering them one by one.
Cast
- Jo-Ann Robinson as D.J.
- Richard Hench as Randy / Black Claw
- Roger Maycock as Kershaw Ellerbe
- Frank McDonald as Ben Murphy
- Carol Sue Flockhart as Louise Landon
- Barbara Magnusson as Ellen Corman
- Kirk AlynKirk Alyn-External links:...
as Professor Machen - Carroll BorlandCarroll BorlandCarroll Borland , better known by the stage-spelling Carol Borland, was an American professor, writer, and actor...
as Dr. Sharon Reynolds - Cynthia Hartline as Ann
- Forrest J AckermanForrest J AckermanForrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan...
as Professor Trentwood
Release
The film was given a limited releaseLimited release
Limited release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing in a select few theaters across the country ....
theatrically in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by 21st Century Film Corporation
21st Century Film Corporation
Not to be confused with 20th Century Fox Film Corporation21st Century Film Corporation was a small-scale theatrical distribution company formed sometime in the early 1970s as a production company and distributor.-History:...
beginning in December 1983.
The film was released in the U.S. on double feature
Double feature
The double feature, also known as a double bill, was a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatre managers would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.The double feature, also known as...
video format by Continental Video alongside another feature - The Slayer
The Slayer (film)
The Slayer is a 1982 horror film directed by J. S. Cardone. The film gained notoriety and was classified in the UK as a video nasty in the 1980s.-Plot:...
. It was cut by five minutes or so, in order to make room for the second feature, but all the gruesome scenes and violence are intact.
The was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
by Olen Ray's Retromedia Entertainment in 2004. This release is currently out of print
Out of print
Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....
.