Year: 1978 Company: Cinemagic Pictures Runtime: 101′
Director: Meir Zarchi Writer: Meir Zarchi Cinematography: Nouri Haviv
Cast: Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace, Anthony Nichols, Gunter Kleeman, Alexis Magnotti
Disc company: Starz / Anchor Bay Video: 1080p 1.78:1 Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH Disc: BD50 (Region A) Release Date: 2/08/2011 Product link: Amazon.com
A young female author from New York City takes a trip into the backwoods of Connecticut to clear her mind and aid in her writing. Shortly after her arrival she is gang-raped by four local ne’er-do-wells and left for dead in her rented home. She survives and, upon regaining her strength, exacts a lethal vengeance on her attackers.
I Spit on Your Grave received little attention in its country of origin when originally released as Day of the Woman in 1978 – a limited issue that failed to turn either heads or profit except in some parts of Europe (actress Camille Keaton was awarded for her performance in Spain). It wasn’t until a wide 1980 re-release under the new I Spit… moniker that the film achieved its considerable notoriety, earning the ire of critics like Roger Ebert (who attended a troubling screening at a United Artist theatre) and being summarily banned in many countries for its graphic depictions of sexual violence. It has since been derided as exploitative garbage and lauded as a misunderstood feminist masterpiece. With such polarized opinions surrounding it, I suppose it’s no surprise that this reviewer finds the truth to lie somewhere between the two extremes.
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