I Spit on Your Grave (1978) USA
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Director:Meir Zarchi
Studio:Elite Entertainment
Producer:Meir Zarchi, Joseph Zbeda
Writer:Meir Zarchi
Rating:3
Rated:R
Date Added:2007-03-06
Purchased On:2007-06-03
ASIN:B000009O8A
UPC:0790594774929
Price:$29.95
Awards:1 win
Genre:Erotic
Release:1998-11-11
IMDb:0077713
Duration:100
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Mono
Languages:English
Features:Letterboxed
Meir Zarchi  ...  (Director)
Meir Zarchi  ...  (Writer)
 
Camille Keaton  ...  Jennifer Hills
Eron Tabor  ...  Johnny
Richard Pace  ...  Matthew Lucas
Anthony Nichols  ...  Stanley
Gunter Kleemann  ...  Andy
Alexis Magnotti  ...  Attendant's Wife
Tammy Zarchi  ...  The Children
Terry Zarchi  ...  The Children
Traci Ferrante  ...  Waitress
Bill Tasgal  ...  
Isaac Agami  ...  Butcher (as Isac Agami)
Ronit Haviv  ...  Supermarket Girl
William Tasgal  ...  Porter (as Bill Tasgal)
Nouri Haviv  ...  Cinematographer
Meir Zarchi  ...  Editor
Spiro Carras  ...  Editor
Comments: The ultimate day of terror!

Summary: Writer-director Meir Zarchi's controversial story of rape and revenge has lost none of its ability to shock viewers since it first gained notoriety in the late '70s. Camille Keaton (grand-niece of Buster Keaton and, later, Zarchi's wife) stars as a young woman who is terrorized and then brutally assaulted by four men while on vacation. After slowly pulling herself together, she methodically tracks down and butchers each of the perpetrators. Zarchi's film has been consistently accused of celebrating violence against women, and while the rape scenes are graphic, they also lack the voyeuristic qualities that earmark other similarly plotted exploitation films. If anything, Zarchi is guilty of awkward scripting; the dialogue is leaden, and Keaton's transformation from victim to avenger is too swift. But to label him a pornographer is wrong, and while the film is challenging--perhaps more than most audiences can bear--its depiction of the psychology of violence is undeniably powerful. --Paul Gaita