Apache ghosts to rest. Zoe, meanwhile, murders the rest of Trey's family, while Dane, learning that she is alive, heads to the sacred Apache grounds as well. Trey desperately tries to bury the skull in order to pacify the spirit, but fails to finish before Zoe appears. After fighting her off with a chainsaw, he is defeated and beheaded, completing the Warchief's revenge, but leaving Zoe's body broken and ruined. Dane finds her upper half trying to bury itself. After the tragic pair express their love one final time, Dane, in an act of mercy, cremates Zoe's remains, liberating both souls into the Afterlife. Cast Production While writing the script for Savaged, director Ojeda pulled from an earlier script he'd written for a film that never came to fruition, which had been inspired by a motel in Superior, Arizona. The motel had given Ojeda a room that had been the site of a death a year prior to his stay, which prompted him to check into the motel for a two-week stay, during which time he wrote the initial script. Savage was created on a limited budget, as Ojeda and the film's producer Jason Gurvitz "[called] in a lot of favors [due to] the quality of work that Michael was able to deliver". Amanda Adrienne's headshot was the first one that Ojeda saw. Adrienne (a natural brunette) had blonde hair when she auditioned for the role. "[Ojeda] wanted a blonde because the blood would look better on the hair and [Adrienne would] look more angelic". Production took place in 2012 and filming took place at an abandoned gold mine outside of Los Angeles. Reception Critical reception for Savaged has been positive, and HorrorNews.net rated it at five out of five stars. Fearnet's Scott Weinberg commented that "even at the peak of its gruesomeness, there's still a small sense of restraint", which he felt "helps Savaged go from a potential "rape flick" to a broad yet brutal action/horror flick that, believe it or not, comes off feeling a whole lot like a suitably entertaining gender-reversal on The Crow". Ain't It Cool News also commented on the film's similarity to The Crow, as they felt that this was indicative of the film "[following] the revenge film path a bit too closely" but ultimately viewed the film as "a revenge flick worth checking out". Bloody Disgusting praised the movie's retribution scenes, which they