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A medicine man is [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by a spirit of a dead Native American cult leader Nahalla, whose body has just been dug up from an excavation site nearby. He then starts killing people, and stalks one of the excavation members, Dr. Kay Foster.

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A medicine man is [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by a spirit of a dead Native American cult leader Nahalla, whose body has just been dug up from an excavation site nearby. He then starts killing people, people and stalks one of the excavation members, Dr. Kay Foster.



* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He [[StartMyOwn started his own branch]], which had [[ReligionOfEvil more violent take on things]].

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* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came come to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He [[StartMyOwn started his own branch]], which had [[ReligionOfEvil more violent take on things]].

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After [[DeathBySex having sex]] with her boyfriend, Carol is impaled on a spear held by a statue in the museum.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After [[DeathBySex [[SexSignalsDeath having sex]] with her boyfriend, Carol is impaled on a spear held by a statue in the museum.
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* KnifeNut: When not throwing people around or causing supernatural accidents, Nahalla uses knife for killing.
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* BigBad: Nahalla, TheSavageIndian spirit killing everybody.


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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nahalla's spirit is seemingly destroyed, at the cost of Ocacio's life, and Tom and Kay prepare to burn the body to prevent him from coming back again. However, the body suddenly springs up and Nahalla's wife possesses Kay again, both spirits preparing to kill Tom.]]
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* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He [[StartMyOwn started his own branch]], which had [[ReligionOfEvil more violent take on things]].

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* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[NativeAmericanMythology [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He [[StartMyOwn started his own branch]], which had [[ReligionOfEvil more violent take on things]].
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:After Nahalla's spirit is defeated with Ocacio's help, Tom and Kay try to destroy his corpse to remove him from this world for good. The corpse springs to life to stop Tom, and Kay is also shown to be still under Nahalla's control, giving the film a DownerEnding]].
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* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He started his own branch, which had [[TheSavageIndian more violent take on things]].

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* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He [[StartMyOwn started his own branch, branch]], which had [[TheSavageIndian [[ReligionOfEvil more violent take on things]].
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A SlasherMovie from 1980.

A medicine man is [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by a spirit of a dead Native American cult leader Nahalla, whose body has just been dug up from an excavation site nearby. He then starts killing people, and stalks one of the excavation members, Dr. Kay Foster.

!!This film has the examples:

* CatapultNightmare: Tom Eagle keeps waking up from nightmares about his traumatic past.
* DarkMessiah: Nahalla was initially a part of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance Ghost Dance]] [[NativeAmericanMythology religion]], but didn't came to agree with the notion of living peacefully with the takers of their lands. He started his own branch, which had [[TheSavageIndian more violent take on things]].
* IdenticalStranger: Nahalla stalks Kay because she is a dead ringer for his dead wife.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After [[DeathBySex having sex]] with her boyfriend, Carol is impaled on a spear held by a statue in the museum.
* KnifeNut: When not throwing people around or causing supernatural accidents, Nahalla uses knife for killing.
* SlashedThroat: After being possessed, Aranjo wakes up his wife at night and cuts her throat.
* SoftGlass: Averted. One man is hurt when he stumbles over a glass container, breaking it. He is then killed with one of the glass shards.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nahalla can change into animals. He turns into a dog to kill one of Aranjo's wife's friends and later enters Kay's house in the guise of a cat.

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