Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38170 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-13
• Format: PAL

Amazon.co.uk Review
I Spit on Your Grave, 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 1978. Camille Keaton (grand-niece of Buster Keaton and, later, Zarchi's wife) stars as a young woman who is terrorised 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

Customer Reviews

film revisited
watched this back in the early 80's. on rental, bought it in 2008, what a load of junk must have cost at least £5 to make

Good - but thought it was going to be better
After seeing this film mentioned almost everywhere when looking into video nasty films, i though i would give it a shot, so ordered the region 1 dvd(always better)..i dont get offended by films really, i just crap myself at things like the grudge!!so anyway the first thing ull do is whack the sound right up on the Tele as the sound isnt brilliant, but then again it is an old film..the camera work is pretty good for the age of the movie..im trying to pick a bit of the film that shocked me, but to be honest i cant, but dont watch if easily offended..

Overall it was a good watch!!

woah!
though this is another grotesque film i actually enjoyed it more than last house on the left. i liked it because the woman takes revenge and they barely ever do in horror films and that annoys me!!she's a really interesting character and thats one of the reasons y i liked the film!apart from that i would'nt recommend it, but at the same time i think its a film you have to see anyway....