Product: Day of the Woman (1978)
Rating: 5.0
Buy this EXPLOITATION CLASSIC before it goes out of print! A Stunning Film
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978), also known as DAY OF THE WOMAN, is a great exploitation film, and a thrilling movie for people who like revenge pictures. This film actually shares the same plot as KILL BILL, and KILL BILL gets all kinds of awards and accolades, while I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE gets crushed by the critics, especially Roger Ebert, who called the film "vile trash." For me, the film is just about perfect. By the way, anybody who says they're surprised and sickened by what happens on screen should have known what the film was about when going to see it. The reason is because the advertising for the movie was very direct: "This woman will soon beat, chop, burn, strangle 5 men beyond recognition, and no jury in American would dare convict her." So the film is a simple rape and revenge film, and a great one at that. Difficult and intense, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE ultimately felt liberating because she DOES get her revenge, and it's only a movie, so for me, the whole thing works.