Product: Day of the Woman (1978)
Rating: 3.0
Worth a watch
This might be regarded as one of the most controversial exploitation films of all time. It is also known under a host of different titles including its original title, Day of the Woman. Many Critics despise this film, where the director sees it as a feminist power film, many other see it as simply a rape and revenge film. It spent years banned in many countries. I personally really enjoy this movie But I'll be the first to say it is not for everyone. Its portrayal of gang rape is flat out disturbing.One of the movies weak spots which many mainstream critics pointed out is the movie doesn't have much development for each character. Their personalities are rather simple and it heavily relies on the rape scene to build sympathy for Jennie. All of this is at least partially true as there is very little dialogue and not much time in between the rape scene and the kill scenes but for something like this there really doesn't have to be.The movie's point is meant to be that rape is a violent and terrible crime and the people that commit deserve to be punished. One isn't meant to sit there watch this movie and say, "Oh those poor people how dare she kill them!" That would be counter productive to the point. If one wanted to be simple about it they could attribute this entire film to be an anti-rape PSA, however it is one that holds some merit. The story in of itself is a standard "you reap what you sow" premise which is a common theme for horror and exploitation films. This movie just uses an actual serious crime instead of the normal mean prank or teasing routine.for my full review of this film please visit [...]