In Arizona during the Civil War, a woman is accused of witchcraft, tied to a horse and left to die in the desert. One hundred years later, the descendants of the woman's accusers start being killed off, and the townspeople suspect the woman has come back as an evil spirit.
Practical Effects
Dusty Arizona locations that actually look cursed.
Costume
Period Civil War flashbacks on a shoestring budget.
Director
Michael A. DeGaetano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Virginia Mayo was a major 1940s-50s star (The Best Years of Our Lives, White Heat) doing low-budget horror two decades later—a classic 'what happened' career trajectory.
The film awkwardly conflates actual Native American history (Abanaki is a real tribe name) with European witchcraft tropes, creating a confused cultural vengeance narrative that says more about 1970s exploitation than history.
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