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

Director:

Meir Zarchi

Writer:

Meir Zarchi (written by)

Release Date:

22 November 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

After it was all over... she waited... then she struck back in a way only a woman can!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Cabin | Rape | Predator Turns Victim | Knife

Awards:

1 win

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

Directed by
Meir Zarchi

Writing credits
Meir Zarchi		(written by)

Produced by
Meir Zarchi	....	producer
Joseph Zbeda	....	producer

Cinematography by
Nouri Haviv		(director of photography) (as Yuri Haviv)

Film Editing by
Spiro Carras		(re-edited international version)
Meir Zarchi

Makeup Department
Armine Minassian	....	makeup artist
Joan Puma	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Michael Penland	....	post-production supervisor
David Schanker	....	post-production supervisor
William Tasgal	....	production manager (as Bill Tasgal)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Penland	....	first assistant director
Beriau Picard	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Michel Carton	....	sound mixer
Alex Pfau	....	sound effects editor
Steven Sklar	....	location sound recordist

Special Effects by
Beriau Picard	....	special effects
William Tasgal	....	special effects (as Bill Tasgal)

Camera and Electrical Department
John De Ruyter	....	grip
Andre Givolinsky	....	grip
Josh Karan	....	gaffer
George Liebert	....	grip
Louis McMahon	....	camera operator
Steve Miller	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Jim Ettorre	....	assistant editor
Sol Fischler	....	assistant editor
Ray Karticki	....	assistant editor
Pamela Yates	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Lou Kleinman	....	production coordinator
William Kruzykowski	....	production coordinator
Alexis Magnotti	....	continuity
Alex Pfau	....	creative consultant

Production Companies

• Cinemagic Pictures

Distributors

• Cinemagic (1978) (USA) (theatrical)
• Jerry Gross Organization, The (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release)
• Wizard Video (1981) (USA) (VHS)
• Astra Video (1982) (UK) (VHS)
• Astra Video (1982) (UK) (video) (Betamax)
• Video Star (1984) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Wizard Video (1985) (USA) (VHS) (big box reissue)
• VidAmerica (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• Elite Entertainment (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• CMV Laservision (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Astro Distribution (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Elite Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Force Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Koch Vision (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Beyond Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• 101 Films (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• 101 Films (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Screen Entertainment (????) (UK) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• VidAmerica (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Video Power (19??) (Netherlands) (video) (Betamax)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• J.G. Films  negative matching
• Magno Sound  mixing studios
• Montage Film Services  post-production services
• People of Kent, Connecticut, The  special thanks
• Videart Opticals  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

"Day of the Woman" - USA (original title)

Runtime:

101 min | Argentina:95 min | UK:93 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (video rating) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1998) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Iceland:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 (re-rating) (2004) | Norway:(Banned) (video version) (1982) | South Korea:18 (heavily cut) | West Germany:(Banned) | UK:(Banned) (1984-2001) | UK:18 (heavily cut) | Ireland:(Banned) (2002) | Germany:BPjM Restricted | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:Unrated (uncut video version) | USA:X (original rating) | Finland:(Banned) (cut) (1980) | Finland:K-18 (2006) | Australia:(Banned) (1997-2004) | Australia:R (2004) (uncut) | Australia:R (original rating) (cut) | Italy:VM18 | China:(Banned) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Philippines:(Banned) | Singapore:(Banned) | Thailand:(Banned) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Norway:15 (uncut) (2006) | New Zealand:(Banned) (original rating) | Sweden:15 (uncut) (2006) | France:-16 | South Korea:18 (DVD rating: 2002) (uncut) | Italy:T (DVD) (special edition) | Peru:18

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Company:

Cinemagic Pictures

Trivia:

The film was passed uncut in Australia until December 1997. It was banned from December 1997 until June 2004.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Matthew takes his turn raping the woman, there are no lenses in his glasses. There are lenses in them throughout the rest of the film.

Quotes:

Matthew:[while raping Jennifer] I can't come. I can't come! You're interrupting my concentration!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Holliston: Skunked (#1.5)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Sola Perduta Abandonnato

Fore Gore Movies's Fans only

First at all, this movie is not for all the audiences, but the fans of Wes Craven's "Last House on the left", Sam Peckimpah's "Straw Dogs", or Jorge Grau's "Coto de Caza" can find a good piece of sexual horror in "Day of the woman".

The story is simple, Jennifer, a beautiful girl came from New York to a cabin in the Connecticut woods with the intention of writing a novel in the summer. Three rednecks and a delivery boy (a retarded) rape her and humiliate her in very horrible ways (about 40 minutes of . Then, she takes revenge in unexpected ways too. The atmosphere, the silence, and the loneliness of the character and the absolutely explicit scenes of the rape, and a great amount of blood are the elements for creating the tension and the sensation of anguish that makes this movie special. No music, a lot of violence, briefs dialogues and an evident low budget becomes this film in a controversial cult movie.