I Spit on Your Grave

Original title: Day of the Woman

1978
R
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

32K

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Camille Keaton and Meir Zarchi in I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

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Splatter Horror Horror Thriller

An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

32K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,317

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

Trivia
All four male actors asked to appear naked in the film, to remove awkwardness or embarrassment about their own nudity, and to show solidarity for Camille Keaton who spends much of the film nude.

Goofs
When Jennifer runs away in the woods and stops to throw the wooden tree trunk at the two men chasing her, a female crew member can be seen on the far left of the screen.

Quotes
Jennifer Hills: [about to kill Stanley] Suck it, bitch!

Alternate versions
The BBFC passed a cut version of this film as an 18 certificate in November 2001 after removing 7 minutes from the 3 rape scenes. An alternate version - re-framed by the distributors and featuring the rape scenes though in a more obscure and off-screen way - was submitted in 2003, though the BBFC cut 41 seconds from the 2nd 'rock' rape because much of the errant thrusting was still visible. The uncut version was resubmitted for DVD in 2010 and, although some previous cuts were waived, 2 mins 54 secs of cuts were again made to the rape scenes.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Women in Danger: Friday the 13th, Halloween, I Spit on Your Grave, Silent Scream, When a Stranger Calls, Don't Answer the Phone (1980)

Soundtracks
Sola Perduta Abandonnato
from "Manon Lescaut"
by Giacomo Puccini

User reviews399

Featured review

Everyone should see this, but you won't enjoy it.

Shocking and disturbing, if you are not repulsed by this movie then you may need to see a psychiatrist.

It's one of those films that was hyped up as a slasher movie when it was released in the US in 1978 (and subsequently banned in the UK until 2001) alongside the Halloween's and Friday the 13th's, but it is anything but.

A lone writer is mentally and physically raped and seeks revenge, there is no hero, there is only despair and pain, there is no happy ending, just hurt and repulsion.

The violence is never glorified it just shows the depths of human pain and despair.