| 1 | [[quoteright:314:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scalps.jpg]] |
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| 3 | ''Scalps'' is a 1983 supernatural SlasherMovie directed by Fred Olen Ray. |
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| 5 | A sextet of archaeology students on an expedition in a California desert are menaced by the spirit of Black Claw, a Native American warrior, who possesses one of their number and goes on a gruesome killing spree. And...that's pretty much it, really. |
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| 7 | Notably [[{{Gorn}} gory]], to the point where Ray claimed it was one of the most censored slasher films ever made. |
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| 10 | !!This film provides examples of the following tropes: |
| 11 | * BigBad: Black Claw, TheSavageIndian ghost killing everybody. |
| 12 | * BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler:Randy]] is killed. |
| 13 | * TheCassandra: Gas station employee Billy Ironwing, and then DJ, warn the group of danger. Nobody listens. |
| 14 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Randy and ultimately DJ]] are possessed by Black Claw. |
| 15 | * DevelopingDoomedCharacters: A sizable chunk of the run time is devoted to the students' journey to Native lands. |
| 16 | * DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Most of the cast is killed, except for the one woman who tried to stop the desecration of Black Claw's grave. Black Claw instead possesses her, and haunts the burial ground, plotting to kill again.]] |
| 17 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:Machen]] is stabbed in the eye with an arrow. |
| 18 | * FlayingAlive: Well, the movie is called ''Scalps''... |
| 19 | * GeniusLoci: Murdered Native Americans have become "part of the land". |
| 20 | * HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:Alice]] dies after getting shot with several arrows. |
| 21 | * IndianBurialGround: Primary location. |
| 22 | * NewAgeRetroHippie: DJ. |
| 23 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Kershaw]] is decapitated by [[spoiler:a possessed DJ.]] |
| 24 | * OneWordTitle |
| 25 | * TheSavageIndian: Black Claw. |
| 26 | * SequelHook: [[spoiler:DJ is still alive and possessed at the end. The end credits tag even says to watch for the sequel "next summer"]]. |
| 27 | * SlashedThroat: Happens to multiple victims. |
| 28 | * TransformationOfThePossessed: Those possessed by Black Claw become deformed. |
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