31 Films for Halloween, #7: Avenged (2013)
This R&R ("Rape & Revenge") flick was originally called "Savaged", but that title irked some people, since it's based on the corpse being possessed by the spirit of a Native American spirit of vengeance. So now it's called "Avenged" (a title much less snappy, if less offensive). Most of the films I'm recommending in this series are pretty mellow. Some are "comfort horror", but most are just spooky, or scary, or full of fairly "impersonal" murders. Avenged, however, has ... unpleasantness. Even for an R&R (which often show you the brutality so that you can feel justified in enjoying the revenge), it's got some patches that are tough to watch, so be forewarned. But the conceit is so darned fantastic! Dying after her ordeal, the protagonist can't really be saved by the kindly Native American spiritualist who encounters her. BUT ... her dying body CAN be the vessel for the unsettled spirit of a long-dead n...