Savaged (2013)

Savaged: Directed by Michael S. Ojeda. With Amanda Adrienne Smith, Marc Anthony Samuel, Rodney Rowland, Tom Ardavany. A deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.

“Savaged is the story of a deaf mute girl on her way to a new life living with her fiancé. she stumbles across some unsavoury desert dwellers up to no good and is brutalised and eventually murdered by them. A local Shaman witch doctor tries to resurrect her but something goes wrong and the girl comes back changed and ready for vengeance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMichael S. Ojeda has come up with a great new twist on the rape revenge genre. Somewhere between u0026quot;I spit on your graveu0026quot; and u0026quot;The crowu0026quot; Savaged is full of so many cool and original moments that this indie horror easily puts most Hollywood efforts to shame. The casting in Savaged is great. Amanda Adrienne manages to look both Fragile and strong in equal measure as the Vengeful Zoe making it easy for the viewer to sympathise with her as well as get behind her as she dispatches the bad guys in ever more inventive ways. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome of the set pieces in Savaged are truly great. One scene which can only be described as a bar fight with u0026quot;gutsu0026quot; was truly inspired. Another scene where our heroine battles on the back of a moving truck was also impressive. Some of the more gruesome scenes also had me wincing with how just plain gross they are. All of this leads up to a great Showdown and a strong if tragic ending.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGiven that the movie is a low budget Indie the special FX are very impressive. The make up for Zoe as her body gradually degenerates are fantastic. Granted there are some fairly poor CG effects in here but in general they are of a pretty high standard with nothing so bad as to ruin any enjoyment to be had. Although my one true gripe has to be the use of CG blood squirts, I wish people would stop using these as they just look poor.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat this movie has is a real sense of fun and how it manages to maintain this at the same time as being very brutal is a great achievement. Savaged has that 80u0026#39;s movie feel where even though some of the things that happen are a little silly it doesnu0026#39;t matter because itu0026#39;s pure entertainment. I canu0026#39;t wait to see what Mr Ojeda does next.”