I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
January 11, 2009
I understand now why this title pops up every now and then on on forum boards. You can’t stay indifferent to a film like this and it kept my attention throughout. Save for some initial scenes I thought the acting was good. Regardless how much I hated Matthew as a character (what a moron!) I must admit the actor did a good performance.
Despite its controversial reputation it is not the first film of its kind or anything like that. The concept is basically the same as in Thriller – A Cruel Picture (1974): A girl gets raped and takes her revenge on the rapists -illustrated with graphic rape/sex scenes and cruel revenges. I came to think about The Last House on the Left (1972) too of course. 491 (1964) that I watched the other day is actually nastier than any of these but the worst things goes on outside the camera view there.
7/10
