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Scalps
🎬 Movie

Scalps

1983 · 84 min Horror
3.8 / 10 · TMDB

Silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately, one of them becomes possessed by the evil spirit of Black Claw so he must therefore slaughter all of his friends.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Fred Olen Ray

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

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Richard Hench

Randy / Black Claw

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Roger Maycock

Kershaw Ellerbe

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Frank McDonald

Ben Murphy

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Carol Sue Flockhart

Louise Landon

Jo-Ann Robinson

Jo-Ann Robinson

D.J.

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Barbara Magnusson

Ellen Corman

Kirk Alyn

Kirk Alyn

Prof. Manchen

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Carroll Borland

Dr. Sharon Reynolds

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Cynthia Hartline

Ann

Forrest J. Ackerman

Forrest J. Ackerman

Professor Trentwood

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