Video Nasty: I Spit On Your Grave (1978)

This woman has just chopped, crippled, mutilated, etc, you know how it goes, cause she was the victim of what's said to be the longest rape scene in film history at 25 minutes long, so we're about to dig into one of the few rape/revenge flicks to become a prosecuted video nasty.

A movie that's said to have crew members quit during filming cause they couldn't stomach the violence, and it was rejected by censors worldwide until they cut it heavily, but as the gorehound I am, I of course have the fully uncut version, so time to break out the trusty old Elite Entertainment millennium edition DVD of what was first titled Day Of The Woman, but with little box office action, it switched to I Spit On Your Grave, and became one of the most infamous video nasties, so let's find out if it lives up to the hype, and off to Camp Crystal Lake we go! What?..This isn't a Friday The 13th. movie! No, but it was shot at the same location as Friday The 13th. Part 2:

Plot:
The plot is quite simple. A female author named Jennifer leaves city life for what she thinks will be an inspirational, relaxing  time in the country. Unfortunately for her a gang of rapists are prowling about on the look out for fresh meat, and of course Jennifer has a run in with them of the most brutal kind, and is violently gang raped again, and again, and...

So she decides to take revenge, and get way more than even with the dirty rotten scoundrels.

What's Good:
The best thing here is the good feeling you get when the rapists get their just due. I bet all of us either had, or has someone who's wronged us so hard we'd like to take revenge, and get 'em back in the most brutal ways possible.

Of course, most of us don't act out on that so movies like this is a good way to deal with it without hurting anyone. In other words, you'll be rooting for Jennifer as the rapists feel the pain of her wrath, and more so because of her nasty ways of revenge.

The revenge kills are bloody, and super violent, and it's just right that if someone raped you, then why not cut their dicks off, right-right?...Right-RIGHT!

The actors performed their own stunts cause that's all the film makers could afford, and the zoom shots were achieved by placing the camera on a shopping cart. Way to go! When you have little, make the most out of what you got, that's the spirit! Especially when the results are great, like in this one.

What's Bad:
No soundtrack 'cept for some background music. Don't know if that's a bad thing though as the movie sorta becomes more realistic without a score.

Some bad fx, and acting here, and there, but nothing too shabby.

Must've recieved it's video nasty award because of sexualized violence, but I guess more so because the powers that be were afraid this film would spawn vigilantism. Best thing about it though is exactly that.

Even better examples of the rape/revenge genre is Last House On The Left, or House On The Edge Of The Park, and especially Abel Ferrara's MS. 45: Angel Of Vengeance that's the best ever rape/revenge flick in my opinion. The Swedish cult flick, Thriller: They Call Her One Eye,  comes to mind as well, but it isn't as good as I Spit On Your Grave that I'll give a strong...

Rating:
4/6