I Spit on Your Grave (aka
Day of the Woman) is a Violent Film Indeed
I Spit on Your Grave is a
violent exploitation film depicting rape, beatings, torture and
gratuitous nudity. So, why watch it? Michael has some thoughts.
Written
by BHM Contributor Michael Saunier June 26, 2007
Release: 1978 Written and Directed by: Meir Zarchi
Starring:
Camille Keaton as Jennifer Hills Eron Tabor as Johnny Richard Pace as Matthew Anthony Nichols as Stanley Gunter Kleemann as Andy
Where does one begin
with this movie? For starters, I
Spit on Your Grave is an extremely graphic and disturbing
movie. It is most definitely not for everyone.
I Spit on Your Grave is the story of Jennifer Hills
(Camille Keaton), a writer from New York city, who retreats to the
country to find some peace and quiet in order to finish writing a
novel. Upon arriving in the nameless remote location, she encounters
four guys at a gas station. Jennifer gets out of her car to stretch her
legs after the long trip but the ringleader of the group sees her
strutting around as an invitation for a sexual encounter.
He leers at
her but does not react.
Once settled in her lakeside
retreat Jennifer spends her time in a
bikini lounging in a hammock or in her canoe. The men from the
gas
station begin harassing her from their boat, leading up to the moment
when she is lounging in her canoe and the men begin circling
her and
hollering. After a fair amount of time harassing the writer, they tie a
rope to the front of her canoe and tow her to a remote part of the
lake. This is when Jennifer’s nightmare truly begins.
The
men have kidnapped Jennifer in order to allow the mentally
challenged Matthew (Richard Pace) to lose his virginity. At the mercy
of the men she is stripped, raped, left to wander in the woods, and
then raped again. After the second gang rape she stumbles, dazed and
physically damaged, back to her rental house.
Just as Jennifer is reaching out for the phone to dial 0 it is kicked
away by the men who were hidden in her house. She is raped twice more
and beaten, and her manuscript is destroyed. The men leave her
motionless body and go outside, but decide to send the dimwitted
Matthew back into the house to stab Jennifer through the heart and
cover their tracks. Matthew fakes the killing and leaves the girl
without further harm.
Jennifer wakes and plots revenge on the group. She hunts them down one
by one and preys upon their sexual depravity to exact her revenge. The
men die like dogs for their crimes at the hands of their one-time
victim.
I wouldn’t hold it
against someone if they decided to pass on
I Spit on Your Grave. The movie’s first
hour and twenty minutes is simply hard to watch. I love horror and all
that goes along with it, but I’m not crazy
about the
intensity and clear depiction of the rape and beating of Jennifer Hill.
She is naked, bloody, beaten, and raped for the vast majority of the
film, which made me feel a bit ashamed.
The characters in I Spit on Your Grave are not
developed well and the plot description above sums up the film
precisely. So if I Spit on Your Grave is overly
brutal and the plot and characters are thin, they why should you see
this film? I have a couple reasons for you.
One, the murder scenes are excellent and you find
yourself rooting for Jennifer when she slams an ax into one’s
back or leaves another bleeding to death in the bathtub. Two, I
Spit on Your Grave is a shock standard in the horror world.
You might want to see I Spit on Your Grave just to
witness the origins of the shock genre. This movie was banned in many
countries and is talked about by horror fans to this day.
Many reviews cast stones at this movie for its lack
of plot, characters, and use of gratuitous nudity. They have valid
points, but the creative murder scenes and the sense of satisfaction
that I feel when these degenerates are killed balances the scales
nicely. Love it or hate it, I Spit on Your Grave is
a highly controversial film that many consider a classic. Questions or comments about I Spit on Your Grave? Contact us!
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around as an invitation for a sexual encounter.
He leers at
her but does not react.
Just as Jennifer is reaching out for the phone to dial 0 it is kicked
away by the men who were hidden in her house. She is raped twice more
and beaten, and her manuscript is destroyed. The men leave her
motionless body and go outside, but decide to send the dimwitted
Matthew back into the house to stab Jennifer through the heart and
cover their tracks. Matthew fakes the killing and leaves the girl
without further harm.
goes along with it, but I’m not crazy
about the
intensity and clear depiction of the rape and beating of Jennifer Hill.
She is naked, bloody, beaten, and raped for the vast majority of the
film, which made me feel a bit ashamed.
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