I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
"Day of the Woman" (original title)

An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.

Director:

Meir Zarchi

Writer:

Meir Zarchi

Stars:

Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Camille Keaton	...	Jennifer Hills
Eron Tabor	...	Johnny
Richard Pace	...	Matthew Lucas
Anthony Nichols	...	Stanley
Gunter Kleemann	...	Andy
Alexis Magnotti	...	Johnny's Wife
Tammy Zarchi	...	Johnny's Daughter
Terry Zarchi	...	Johnny's Son
Traci Ferrante	...	Waitress
William Tasgal	...	Porter (as Bill Tasgal)
Isaac Agami	...	Butcher (as Isac Agami)
Ronit Haviv	...	Supermarket Girl

Storyline

The film follows Jennifer, a writer who is working on a new novel and needs to get out of the city to finish it. She rents a riverside cabin in upstate New York to work on her novel, attracting the attention of a number of rowdy male locals. They catch Jennifer one day and strip her naked for the village idiot (Matthew) and rape her. Jennifer is later attacked and raped a further two times by the four degenerates, and her novel is also destroyed. But Jennifer recovers, and in her now-twisted, psychotic state, she begins to seek revenge on the men.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | cabin | rape | predator turns victim | knife | 

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Taglines:

Day of the Woman ... The ultimate day of terror!

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

I Spit on Your Grave

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$650,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinemagic Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 93 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The four male actors all asked to appear naked in the film to (a) remove any awkwardness or embarrassment about their own nudity and (b) to show solidarity for Camille Keaton who spends much of the film nude.

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Goofs

When Matthew smears Jennifer's blood onto the knife, the pieces of paper behind him on the floor completely change between shots.

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Quotes

Johnny: [after being mutilated] It won't stop bleeding!

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Connections

Referenced in Scream (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Sola Perduta Abandonnato"
From Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini

User Reviews

Deadly Revenge

In summertime, the aspirant New Yorker writer Jennifer Hills (Camille Keaton) rents a lakeside cottage in the woods of the peaceful Park Hell Lane, Connecticut, to write her first novel during the vacation. A couple of days later, she is successively and brutally gang raped by three local bigoted rednecks and one retarded delivery boy from the supermarket. The humiliated and abused Jennifer does not report the sexual assault to the police and a couple of weeks later, she is physically recovered and has just plotted revenge against the rapists.

"Day of the Woman" is extremely realistic and violent; therefore the simple and scary story is absolutely credible. The unknown Camille Keaton has an amazing performance, especially in the impressive long sequence when she is repeatedly beaten and raped. However, this gore movie is only recommended for very specific audiences and prohibited to sensitive persons due to the savagery of most of the scenes. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Vingança de Jennifer" ("The Revenge of Jennifer")