| The Ghost Dance | |
| Director: | Peter F. Buffa |
| Producer: | Robert Sutton |
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| Music: | Joseph Byrd |
| Cinematography: | Fred Murphy |
| Studio: | Ahrememess[1] |
| Distributor: | Trans World Entertainment[2] |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes[3] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| 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]
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.
The film was released for the first time on DVD by Mediabox on April 24, 2006.[6]