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Narcisse
Scalping
Classification: Injury
Associated franchises: Hatchet film series
Saw film series
The Walking Dead
Wrong Turn film series
Associated films: Nightbreed
Associated programs: American Horror Story
Supernatural
Westworld
Associated comics: Walking Dead Vol 1
Related articles: Flaying

Scalping is an unorthodox physical procedure that involves using a bladed instrument to remove the scalp from a living or once-living mammal. During such processes, the hair remains attached to the scalp. Warriors from some Native American tribes took the removed scalp as a trophy, demonstrating their victory over an adversary. During the period of American colonialism, European bounty hunters likewise acquired the scalps of Native Americans. In speculative fiction, scalping is most often seen in media of the horror genre. It has also been featured in films of the western genre.

Characters who get scalped[]

Name Source
Narcisse Nightbreed

Characters who like to scalp[]

Name Source
John Kramer Saw film series
Narcisse Nightbreed
Victor Crowley Hatchet film series

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  • Scalp-taking redirects to this page.
  • Scalping is also a term used to describe someone who sells discount concert tickets outside a venue on the night of the event.

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