I Spit On Your Grave [DVD]

Good watch

I brought this film not knowing much about it. But was surprised by the intensity of the film, not the sort of thing i expected from a amazon rental. Shocked and horrified in equal amounts..i suppose that's what you've paid for in renting a horror movie but i found that most horror movies are a little tame in my opinion. This is not a tame Saturday night movie but rather the sort of film that has you turning the sound down so that you don't offend everyone else in the house 🫣.good film.

Nothing

Really brutal revenge films are like therapy for me. I can lose myself and for the sake of just a couple of hours, dream and fantasize that THIS is what happens in real-life to scum who get pleasure out of making other people suffer. Oh how I wish it were true...but at least I can always go back to this film when real-world atrocities make me seethe inside. A-B repeat is a really magical little tool isn't it?!!Problem is, most films fall WAY too short when it comes to payback. The only films I can recall even coming CLOSE to satisfying my blood-lust, were "The Hills Have Eyes" (remake), "Rambo" (2008) and "The Devil's Rejects". This film however, DELIVERS THE GOODS.I know to some people I sound a little nuts, but all my rage comes from a very deep EMPATHY. I'm someone who refuses to read newspapers or watch the news because anytime I hear of a murder or rape, I literally seethe with rage, for the families of victims, boyfriends, girlfriends etc etc....unfortunately empathy is an emotion that's seemingly lost on today's "justice" system, which would rather protect a criminals "rights" than put themselves in the shoes of a victim, and the suffering which they and their families go through.Anyway, I better stop there as I'm starting to get wound-up just typing, and this is a movie review after all.Everything about the production was spot-on. The cast were all excellent in what must of been very difficult roles to play (Sarah Butler was outstanding), the score was tense and creepy and the pacing was fantastic...I particularly loved how the acts of revenge were so drawn-out and calculated for maximum suffering...each guy got the same treatment back in VERY satisfying ways.This trumps the original for me...quite easily if I'm honest. I don't say that disrespectfully, as I'm a fan of that movie and obviously it's contribution to the history of horror cinema is legendary (I also reviewed it a while back). It's just this version is so damn good, not just because of the severity of the revenge either. Structurally the plot is more focused and "together"...with a little more emphasis on character development, especially in the case of the villains. The subtle changes to the story are welcome and make the piece as a whole more cohesive than the original...not to mention the performances are all stellar, while the original was kind of "hit or miss" in that department. I don't compare them visually of course, because the original was made decades ago and on a much smaller budget, while the remake has obviously had a fair bit of dough thrown at it. It shows as well, it looks fantastic. I'm usually quite traditional and have been known to scoff when I hear the term "remake", but I'll tell you what, both this and "The Evil Dead" have proved that with the right group of people behind them, they can be unbelievably good!!So yeah, if you're someone like me who wants to escape from this retched world where criminals have "human rights" (for INHUMAN ACTIONS), then this is definitely a film for you. You have to sit through a lot of mistreatment of our poor Jennifer, but trust me, it pays off!

I Spit On Your Grave isn't enjoyable, it's mentally scarring. Honestly, I'm not sure how to wrap my thoughts around this and cohesively write a review. Everything about this film, is just wrong. But that's the point. Does that necessarily make it a good film? Perhaps, perhaps not. A young woman stays in a remote cabin where she is terrorised and ambushed by a group of men (including the local sheriff). Presumed missing, she returns to seek justice by her own twisted methods. "Twisted" is gently describing this harrowing story. Simply put, this is disgusting. Two horrific rape scenes, elaborate torture set pieces and an eye wincing amount of gore. Clearly it was going for the shock factor, to which it succeeds. Hands down, I've not seen anything quite like this. The amount of comments I was making throughout its runtime..."seriously!? You're going to rape her again!?", "Oh she's going to do it...oh ohhhh...OHHH she did it!!" and "Revenge is a dish best served cold, even if it is a shotgun up the bum!". I'm not a huge fan of the "torture" sub-genre, I believe it is rather divisive but I can see its appeal to genre enthusiasts. However, making something shocking just so that it is memorable and intimidating doesn't make a good "film". You have to encompass every aspect. At the end of the day, it is a glorified B-Movie about revenge. I'll give credit to Sarah Butler, it cannot have been easy to film certain scenes and I thought she did pretty well. Everyone else could've been replaced and it wouldn't have made a difference. The second act was a slog, the interval where we wait for her to reappear seemed to go on forever. She then all of a sudden becomes an expert at torture, I mean some of those contraptions like the bath filled with lye were just too elaborate. Don't get me started on why she would even stay in that cabin alone anyway! Did we need a remake of the 1978 cult film? Who knows, but we've got one and it is brutally savage. Not necessarily my type of genre, but I can appreciate the fan base for these.

What powerful women very sad, what they did to her. She got her own back