Synopsis
A young and beautiful career woman rents a back-woods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.
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Cast
- Camille KeatonJennifer Hills
- Eron TaborJohnny
- Richard PaceMatthew Lucas
- Anthony NicholsStanley
- Gunter KleemannAndy
- Alexis MagnottiJohnny's Wife
- Tammy ZarchiJohnny's Daughter
- Terry ZarchiJohnny's Son
- Traci FerranteWaitress
- William TasgalPorter
Recommendations
- 75
Slant Magazine
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. - 70
IGN
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. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
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. - 20
Empire
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. - 0
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 0
Chicago Tribune
A hideously violent shocker about a woman who is repeatedly raped and castrates her victims. [18 July 1980, p.8]
