The Ghost Dance is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed and co-written by Peter F. Buffa, and starring Julie Amato, Victor Mohica, Henry Bal, and Frank Salsedo.

In research conducted by Kay and her peers, it is discovered that Nahalla, a shaman previously unidentified by the academics, arrived in the region in the 1890s with an Anglo wife whom he had kidnapped.

Nahalla formed an offshoot cult from the Ghost Dance, which centered on the notion of a world soon to be inhabited only by Native Americans and their ancestors.

Terrified, she visits the local police station, but Tom believes she experienced a hallucination due to stress and her hectic work schedule.

Back at the museum, Paul continues researching Nahalla's history by reviewing historical compendiums, and identifies the woman he kidnapped as Melissa Stuart.

Back at the museum, Kay discovers Paul's corpse on the medical examination table beside Nahalla's, and is confronted by a knife-wielding, possessed Aranjo.

Aranjo chases Kay through the museum before cornering her in the laboratory, where it becomes clear he does not want to hurt her—instead, he wishes to use her body as a vessel for Melissa's spirit.