I Spit on Your Grave
| I Spit On Your Grave | |
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Theatrical re-release poster
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| Directed by | Meir Zarchi |
| Produced by | Meir Zarchi Joseph Zbeda |
| Written by | Meir Zarchi |
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Camille Keaton Eron Tabor Richard Pace |
| Cinematography | Nouri Haviv |
| Edited by | Meir Zarchi Spiro Carras (re-edit) |
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Cinemagic Pictures
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| Distributed by | Cinemagic |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $650,000 |
Day of the Woman (better known by its re-release title, I Spit on Your Grave) is a 1978 American rape-and-revenge exploitation-horror film written, directed, and edited by Meir Zarchi. The film tells the story of Jennifer Hills (Camille Keaton), a Manhattan writer who is gang raped by four men, and she plots vengeance against her tormentors. The film had a limited release, which later expanded to a wider release in 1980. The film was followed by two sequels, both in which Keaton reprises her role: Savage Vengeance (1993), and I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2016).
The film is noted for its controversial depiction of graphic violence, nudity, obscene language, and lengthy depictions of gang rape which take up 30 minutes of the film's runtime. During its wide release, the film was branded a "video nasty" in the United Kingdom, and was a target of censorship by film commissioning bodies. Likewise, the film critic Roger Ebert became one of the most notable detractors of the film; he gave it a "Thumbs Down" and called it "a vile bag of garbage". The film remains controversial to this day, even being considered to be one of the worst films ever made. On the other hand, the film has also been regarded as a cult classic. It made Time magazine's "Top 10 Ridiculously Violent Movies".
The film was remade in 2010, which has since spawned more sequels: I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013), and I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015).
Manhattan short story writer Jennifer Hills (Camille Keaton) rents an isolated cottage in Kent, Connecticut near the Housatonic River in the Litchfield County countryside to write her first novel. The arrival of the attractive and independent young woman attracts the attention of Johnny, the gas station manager, and Stanley and Andy, two unemployed men. Jennifer has her groceries delivered by Matthew, who is mildly mentally disabled. Matthew is friends with the other three men and reports back to them about the beautiful woman he met, claiming he saw her breasts.
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