I Spit on Your Grave

Scout Tafoya

The ultimate polarizing art v. trash film. To call it misogynistic is to miss the point, though that's not to say I ever want to see it again. A really difficult and troubling film but it is an essential anti-grind house film.

Matthew_Lucas

This notoriously graphic tale of a woman who is brutally raped, only to enact revenge on her violators, is notable for simultaneously being an exploitation film, and turning the subgenre on its head. Turns the female role from victim to antihero, with memorable results.

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Despues de ser brutalmente violada, una joven escritora toma la justicia en sus manos, y ejerce un tipo de venganza mucho más brutal y sangrienta sobre sus atacantes. Se trata de una cinta muy truculenta y bastante inverosimil (especialmente en su segunda mitad) ; sin embargo, llama la atención por la solvencia tecnica y narrativa del director Zarchi, y por tratarse de un entretenimiento barato, pero muy divertido.

mjgildea

I Spit on Your Grave is undeniably a tough watch but the subsequent revenge kind of justifies it. It's definitely a powerful watch but some weak and hokey filmmaking.

nothere

One of the worst films I have ever seen. Zero value as entertainment or can we even say art? No. Nothing to see here but rape after rape, and murder after murder. Absolute garbage.

Evan Schafer

It is a seminal, yet indie horror classic and Zarchi's direction is actually toned and paced well for a horror film. In my opinion, horror has become known for its jump scares; this movie avoids that in place of everything being laid out on the table for viewers to consume. Oddly there isn't much music in this one, so the chilling nature of the rape and revenge sequences made this more terror-filled. Enjoyable.

dianka

i can't believe i watched the entire film.. it was absolutely disgusting and misogynistic... im glad she got revenge though and it was really satisfying when she locked the dude in the bathroom and chilled out listening to some records while he was dying.. only ok scene

Log Lady

Ok, so the drawn-out rape scenes are obviously highly exploitative and uncomfortable to watch, but when she sets out on her revenge trip and completely humiliates and destroys the perpetrators, I feel like the lingering camera of the first half isn't redeemed, but overall the film turns into a more understandable subversion of exploitation. I just don't find any of it particularly well made or interesting.