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It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

After watching Siskel and Ebert's Women in Danger series, I was intrigued by how bad some of these movies exploiting women in danger were. "I spit on your grave" was worse than I can ever imagine. I am not voting on this movie, because even 1/10 is too high. "I spit on your grave" does not have an original plot. In fact, writer-director Meir Zarchi ripped off the plot of Igmar Bergman's "Virgin Spring" and then made some alterations. However, it would be incorrect to assume that "I spit on your grave" deserves to be in the same league as "Virgin Spring." To be sure, "Virgin Spring" has a scene where the innocent Swedish girl Karin is raped and murdered and a scene where her father (played brilliantly by Max von Sydow) exacts a brutal revenge against the rapists. Rape and revenge, therefore, are common themes in both films. Yet Bergman's filmmaking does not linger over the rape scene. Moreover, "Virgin Spring" has yet another scene where the woman, who is meant to protect Karin, is wracked with guilt and despair over doing nothing to stop the attackers and worse still secretly wanting Karin to be raped. She confides her sins to Karin's father and tells him who raped and murdered his daughter in a truly powerful scene.With "I spit on your grave," we get the exact opposite of Igmar Bergman's elegant film. Unlike "Virgin Spring," "I spit on your grave" focuses and exploits one element of the plot: the rape itself. Some of the reviewers here estimated that as much as 40 minutes were devoted to showing a woman being raped multiple times. In addition, there are scenes encouraging the audience members to look forward to the girl's rape before it starts. What Meir Zarchi and the others connected to this travesty of filmmaking do not seem to understand is that libidos are aroused by consensual sex. That's what makes the Emmanuelle movies appealing and the same could be said for Lina Wertmueller's Swept Away where the young lady turns out to like being dominated and having sex with a dirty sailor. Yet Meir Zarchi does not have nearly as much class as the directors of the Emmanuelle films. He seems to have embraced the logic that rape is sexy and that most audience members relish the opportunity of spending more than an hour watching a young woman being violated. There is also another major difference between "I spit on your grave" and "Virgin Spring." As mentioned earlier, "Virgin Spring" is primarily a film about the human condition. We see Karin's mother worry over her daughter's long absence. We see another woman blaming herself for Karin's rape and death. We see Karin's father with visible signs of anguish on his face. We then see a moving funeral scene where the family tries to move on after burying their young child. The "Virgin Spring" is really a film about intelligent human beings experiencing complex emotions as a result of going through adversity. By contrast, "I spit on your grave," is devoid of any of this humanity. Meir Zarchi did not allocate more than an hour to the foreplay scenes and then the rape by accident. He clearly wanted the film to be about those things. Moreover, he made a conscious decision to leave out the human dimension even of the rape victim herself. We get no real insights into what the rape victim feels inside, because the director is more interested in hyping the concept of the rape itself than creating any sympathetic characters. Then toward the end, Meir Zarchi does something cynical: he films very briefly the rape victim's revenge against the rapists. This was done deliberately so that Zarchi could claim that he was not using rape as a form of entertainment at all. Yet I was not fooled by this cynical hedge for a second and neither should you. 0/10

Bruised, beaten and left for dead, a gang rape victim exacts revenge in this controversial horror film, famously cited by Roger Ebert as the worst film ever made. With some truly second-rate acting, inexplicable slow motion shots and a plot that takes over an hour to warm up, 'I Spit on Your Grave' is hardly the classiest film ever made, but there is also a lot more of interest to it than one might expect. Most notably, the protagonist seems so foolish at first, deciding to stay alone in the wilderness to write her novel where she is clearly vulnerable - and yet, with many shots capturing the serene beauty of the wilderness and her relaxation when boating, what the film really does is force us to question how ugly human society is that it is simply never safe to be alone by oneself in the beauty of untouched nature. Scenes of the rapists telling her that she was 'asking for it' further shine a dim light on the way human beings tick; this is really a film about how vile human nature can be. All that said and done, the slow-moving first hour is somewhat of a chore to get through with the film only really becoming enticing as our heroine imaginatively takes revenge. The final half-hour of the film though is very intense - and the final shot works especially well for a motion picture about a woman deciding to assert herself and embrace living next to nature without fear.

Since it's release in 1978, "I Spit on Your Grave" has become one of the most controversial films ever made. The films explicit content sparked a global conversation over whether such depraved imagery and realistic violence can be used to portray a deeper message or if it is simply an exploitative tactic, used to draw in disturbed individuals who get off on seeing others get hurt. There doesn't seem to be a concrete answer as even many vocal proponents and detractors of this film have changed their opinions throughout the years. The film is about a young woman named Jennifer, who vacations at a cabin in upstate New York. One day, Jennifer is attacked by a gang of local men who beat and rape her in the middle of the woods. Jennifer is then raped two more times. Once on her way to the cabin, and again inside the cabin. The rape scenes are brutal and realistic, demonstrating the vicious reality of sexual assault. The second act of the film shows Jennifer getting revenge on her rapist by brutally murdering them. She manages to hang one of her attackers and castrates another, leaving him to bleed to death. The climax features Jennifer chasing her last two attackers in a motor boat and using the boats blades to chop them into pieces. Jennifer's revenge is satisfying as you see the men who raped her powerless and in fear just as she had been. For a revenge movie, "I Spit on Your Grave" is unrivaled. It's vicious in its approach both during the initial attack and the revenge. Jennifer's brutality is seen as completely justified after bearing witness to her assault. Not even the most pacifist of viewers would dare criticize her decision, at least not to her face. This is not a movie to watch more than once, as multiple views would cheapen the initial shock value and detract from the films message. Turning it into a sadist fetish rather than a depiction of an inhuman act. My biggest criticism stems from the fact that there are three different rapes scenes. After the first rape, the second two come off as unnecessary and simply trying to rub in a point that had already been made. The logical defense of this would be that she was raped by a different man during each encounter, thus making each of her later victims guilty of the same crime. This falls apart by the fact that they could've saved time by having the rapes all take place one after another in the same scene. This was probably done to expand the running time of the film. However, this choice unfortunately cheapens the impact of Jennifer's rape, making it appear drawn out and at times ridiculous. I don't think this movie is simply an exploitation film, meant to attract depraved miscreants. There is substance to the brutality presented, it's just cheapened by the excess.

After having read about the film years ago,I have been interested in taking a look at the title,but have stayed away due to how heavily cut all UK editions of the movie have been.Catching me by surprise,a family friend revealed that he had tracked down the complete uncut version of the film,which led to me getting ready to see I Spit on your Grave for the first time.The plot:Wanting to relax whilst writing her first novel, Jennifer Hills rents out a cottage in the countryside.Catching the attention of gas station manager Johnny and his two pals Stanley and Andy,Hills befriends grocery worker Matthew.Unknown to Hills,Matthew is a friend of Johnny,Andy & Stanley.Meeting up with the gang,Matthew lies to them and says that he saw Hills naked.Spying on Hills,the gang spot her relaxing in a canoe. Latching onto the canoe with their speedboat,the gang tow Hills back to shore.Reaching land,the group beat Hills into the ground by hitting her and each of them brutally raping Hills. Believing Hills to be dead,the gang get back in their boat and leave Hills corpse behind.Unknown to the gang,Hills has actually survived their ruthless attack.With the group having destroyed her innocence,Hills decides to get her revenge.View on the film:For the opening 30 minutes,editor/writer/director Meir Zarchi & cinematographer Nouri Haviv (whose cottage was used for Hills location) give the title a relaxed,Country music atmosphere,with stilted wide shots matching the relaxed,care-free nature of Hills.For the harrowing 25 minute rape sequence, Zarchi takes a delicate approach to make sure that every shot in the sequence does not feature any hint of an exploitative nature.Focusing on the torture that Hills is experiencing, Meir Zarchi keeps the rape sequence entirely at Hills point of view.Zarchi expertly uses extreme close-ups and the lack of any music soundtrack to create a horrific atmosphere,as Zarchi's tight shots reveal each of the gang to be disgusting monsters.Pulling Hills (played by an incredibly brave Camille Keaton)out of the decaying pit,Zarchi gives Hills revenge attacks an unexpected elegance,as Zarchi displays a real precession in the editing of the style,thanks to offering brief glimpses of the attacks that Hills kills the rapists with,which allow the viewer to make their own full image of each act of revenge,as Jennifer Hills spits on their graves.