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- 1978
- Unrated
- Deja Vu (IIc)
- 1 h 41 m
- 1978
- Unrated
- Deja Vu (IIc)
- 1 h 41 m
Summary An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Directed By: Meir Zarchi
Written By: Meir Zarchi
- 1978
- Unrated
- Deja Vu (IIc)
- 1 h 41 m
- 1978
- Unrated
- Deja Vu (IIc)
- 1 h 41 m
I Spit on Your Grave
19
5.7
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Summary An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Directed By: Meir Zarchi
Written By: Meir Zarchi
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
19
33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
19
33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
One can’t mistake I Spit in Your Grave for anything other than a raging political text, a rigorous reminder to the power of a disturbed imagination, be it victimizer or victim.
Admittedly, I Spit on Your Grave is a gruesome, deplorable little exploitation picture that, on the surface, seems to enjoy it's rape sequences just as much, if not more, than the vengeance-filled finale. But on a more subtle level, the film is a surprisingly well-executed revenge story that plays like a brutally raw nerve – a terrifyingly stark view of the real horror of rape, painted by bizarre, skewed cinematography, gory violence, and a keen sense of creeping atmosphere and dread.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 User Ratings
5.7
46% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
27% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
27% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 User Ratings
5.7
46% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
27% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
27% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
This movie is one of the most controversial movie ever released during 1980s, thanks to a lot of adult scenes (naked, ****, blood). Well, half of the movie showed actress getting **** and tortured which was disturbing. The director did an excellent job of portraying the true horror of ****. Movie nicely portrayed what a person can become after horrific events happen with him/her (becoming quiet, no emotions, feeling of hatred & revenge). The film-making for a first time director was very well done and for the most part the acting was up to par. Maximum people give this movie negative review due to adult scenes & simple story, so don't believe them and see this movie for yourself.
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it is a film made especially to shock, so either you accept his criticism of violence against women and cruel demonstration of this world or you will see it as a show that glorifies **** which is not the main message, but in the right context it is a good movie
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Director Meir Zarchi may have been trying to make a point about the horrors of rape, brutality, revenge, and reprisal, but he simply isn't a good enough director to extract any relevance or nuance from his exploitative material. Watch Wes Craven's Last House On The Left instead.
Really, really bad. It's not good on any level. Not a good horror, not a good revenge flick, it's poorly constructed and has absolutely nothing to say or offer. Utter shit.
A hideously violent shocker about a woman who is repeatedly raped and castrates her victims. [18 July 1980, p.8]
It is a movie so sick, reprehensible and contemptible that I can hardly believe it's playing in respectable theaters. But it is. Attending it was one of the most depressing experiences of, my life.
Me watching this when I was 12:
What a big wreck! This is the worst and stupidest movie of the 70's and every part of it ****! Getting revenge on a gang of idiots by killing them is just plain bad.
Me watching this when I'm older:
It's actually a pretty good flick.
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This film has been around for a few decades but it has not become a classic, perhaps, because it's as shocking as it is. In fact, the film is quite difficult to watch and totally inadvisable for children, young teenagers or even more impressionable adults!
The film's theme is the **** of a young woman on vacation in a rural place, as well as her revenge on whoever **** her. It seems to me to be very much in line with the thinking and fashions of the Seventies, fertile in films with nudity and sexuality related themes. But this nudity wasn't meant to excite or look sexy: is brutal. The film has a long (the longest ever in a regular movie) **** sequence in which four men, one after the other, ****, insult and brutalize that young girl until she is unable to walk or to stand. Finally, they have the idea of killing her, but the guy who should have done it was not able to actually do it, and pretended to commit the crime.
Controversial, the film was so harsh that even when it went to the theaters it received harsh criticism and some boycotts, even being withdrawn from theaters. However, it worked out in its purpose: it shows in a harsh way the effects of a **** from the victim's perspective, and we can feel sorry for her and pity for the situation she is in. The worst, however, is the way these guys died in the film: their deaths never sound credible and it is perfectly clear that it is all pretending.
From the cast, I don't think it's worth talking. Being a brutal film and made on a very low budget, it used unknown actors. But I liked the performance of Camille Keaton, I think she was very faithful to the character and gives her a very pleasant dose of verisimilitude and realism. I also liked the work of Richard Pace, who gave life to the most human of aggressors, a mentally **** person influenced by all the others.
Technically, its a film that does not stand out nor has much to present. Not having a high budget, it used what it had. There is a lot of fake blood, vivid and so bright that you can tell from the distance that its fake. The makeup work was very well done, with a very well-designed scar on the actress's face and all the dirt and blood on the bodies to be very realistic. The film intentionally chooses not to use a soundtrack with the exception of some opera notes. Cinematography does not stand out, nor do the sets and costumes, where the cast's frontal nudity is recurrent and ordinary. I liked, however, the way the lead actress changes her clothing after being attacked: if she used to like wearing few light clothes, there is much more fabric after the ****, with the church scenes standing out, portraying her almost totally covered in what would have been, according to the story, a very hot Summer. Psychological consequences of the attack?
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Les intentions sont louables, justifiées et le féminisme revendiqué de cette vengeance pour le moins brutale (ou plutôt ces vengeances...) est lui aussi tout-à-fait justifié : si on faisait ça à quelques violeurs -au moins à titre d'exemples...- ça en ferait réfléchir plus d'un, je suppose !
Malheureusement, cette "justice sauvage" est fort mal présentée, je veux dire en cela qu'elle n'est pas crédible une seconde et qu'elle nous prend carrément pour des jambons, à moins que ce ne soit le fruit d'un scénariste stagiaire complètement à côté de ses pompes ou une sorte de plaisanterie qui a tourné au ridicule...!
Secondement, l'affiche n'est pas représentative ou comment dit-on, pas contractuelle... c'est sans doute une remarque de macho (ou carrément de pervers, tant pis si les **** me sautent dessus avec leurs paires de ciseaux) mais ce beau cul sur l'affiche, ce magnifique cul, on ne le voit pas dans le putain de film ! alors où est-il passé, je ne sais pas... toujours est-il que la jolie jambonneuse légitimement vindicative, bien que très jolie (je l'ai déjà dit une fois, attention au harcèlement, merde) a les fesses désespérément plates ; alors, remboursement ou bon d'achat...?
Bon je sais, le sujet est grave (et sérieux) mais le film n'en reste pas moins presque totalement... raté. Très plat, on n'y ressent rien, tous les comédiens sont universellement mauvais, la mise en scène est lente et apathique et les vengeances (invraisemblables) sont vite expédiées tout à la fin... je mets 2 quand même. Pour l'affiche.
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Production Company
Deja Vu (IIc)
Release Date Nov 22, 1978
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Unrated
Tagline After it was all over... she waited... then she struck back in a way only a woman can!
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
South African Horrorfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
