Product: Day of the Woman (1978)
Rating: 4.0
DISTURBING BUT IT KEEPS YOU HOOKED...SHAME THE EXTRAS DO NOT
After it has sat in my dvd horror section for a couple of months I finally got round to watching this movie all of the way through.I have to say I was excited to get hold of this movie as it is banned in Britain,and I am a sucker for any films with a bit of contreversy around them.The picture has been niceley cleaned up for a old movie like this,and the colours come through very well and I beleive it has DD51 sound as well but this will not make much impact on your speakers as most of the time the film is fairly quiet.The film is acted well,by all of the small cast,and Camille Keaton is hot.I would like to see more of her and will be looking out for anymore of her work from now on.The story is fairly simple,but somehow works.The scenes of rape are fairly graphic,but nowhere near as bad as I thought they would be.The strange thing is there is no score at all,but perhaps that is supposed to add to the realism,also after the rape there are no flashbacks or anything,she just has a bath a bit of a weep and goes to church,says a prayer and becomes a serial revenge killer.I felt that it would have been more realistic if there was more of a build up of her emotions,perhaps considering going to the police but then not,some flashbacks that sort of show the state of her mind as she decides to take the course of action that she does etc,but no.This does not mean I did not enjoy this film still,as i did.You must of heard of the infamous bath attack by now,and allthough you do not see that much I guarentee it will still have you squirming if you are a male,and you will never let a woman you may have upset near your bath again!The downside of the package is the total lack of extra material on the disc,all that is on offer is a paltry trailer.Sureley there must be some articles available on a movie as contreversial as this one.Still a good buy especially if you are from a country that has banned it.Dave B (again!)