At next week's Sundance Film Festival, she will be seen playing a sexy grim reaper in the quirky Too Tired to Die.

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Some scholars say she originated in medieval Spain through the image of La Parca, a female Grim Reaper, who was used by friars for the later evangelization of indigenous populations in the Americas.

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The player controls a new-in-the-job Grim Reaper, spreading misery and plague across 17th century England.

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To modern eyes, the scythe may be best known from images of the Grim Reaper and Father Time--or as a weapon used by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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