Back in high school one of my fellow movie nut friends randomly came in one day with this movie with the cover of a woman's half exposed booty with blood and a knife with the title "I spit on your grave", never saw it, never heard of it, but he told me that I had to see it. So I went home to watch it and man, I don't think I wanted a drink so badly in all my teenage years. This is one of the exploitation films that came out in the 1970's that was porn with a story. Wasn't well acted, not the best made movie, but is always gritty enough to make you squirm. Believe me, I Spit on Your Grave is no joke when it comes to making you cringe, squirm and all those other disgusted feelings.
New York magazine writer Jennifer Hills is writing her first novel, and decides to spend the summer in a cottage on a lake in the countryside, where she can write it undisturbed. Three local men, are disturbed by Jennifer's independence, and periodically harass her by driving by her cottage in their speedboat, or making sounds at night. One day, while Hills is relaxing in her canoe, two of the men surprise her in their speedboat, grab her boat's towrope and tow her to shore. As she tries to escape, she's met by the other two men in their group and she realizes that they had planned this abduction. It appears they have plans in store for their mildly-retarded friend Matthew to lose his virginity. Jennifer fights but is chased by the men through the forest. They capture her and brutally rape her; but what these boys don't realize is that they just messed with the wrong chick, she's up for some good bloody revenge.
Is it bloody? Yes. Is it vivid? Yes. Frankly, this was one of the first films that really disgusted me, it's poorly acted, poorly edited and one of the worst excuses to put on film yet somehow in some sick way this is a good cult classic. I think because during the time where The Hills Have Eyes was released, we thirsted for revenge on those who did us wrong. The castrating scene is one of the most freaky scenes I have ever seen in my life, I think I still need a drink.
6/10
New York magazine writer Jennifer Hills is writing her first novel, and decides to spend the summer in a cottage on a lake in the countryside, where she can write it undisturbed. Three local men, are disturbed by Jennifer's independence, and periodically harass her by driving by her cottage in their speedboat, or making sounds at night. One day, while Hills is relaxing in her canoe, two of the men surprise her in their speedboat, grab her boat's towrope and tow her to shore. As she tries to escape, she's met by the other two men in their group and she realizes that they had planned this abduction. It appears they have plans in store for their mildly-retarded friend Matthew to lose his virginity. Jennifer fights but is chased by the men through the forest. They capture her and brutally rape her; but what these boys don't realize is that they just messed with the wrong chick, she's up for some good bloody revenge.
Is it bloody? Yes. Is it vivid? Yes. Frankly, this was one of the first films that really disgusted me, it's poorly acted, poorly edited and one of the worst excuses to put on film yet somehow in some sick way this is a good cult classic. I think because during the time where The Hills Have Eyes was released, we thirsted for revenge on those who did us wrong. The castrating scene is one of the most freaky scenes I have ever seen in my life, I think I still need a drink.
6/10