There are people from today’s generation that have no idea what I Spit On Your Grave is about and don’t even know that it was a movie made in the 70’s. I watched the original movie back when I was a teen because one of my good friends owned the movie. When I heard that there was going to be a remake of this movie, I was curious about what they were going to change about it. I know at the time that they had remade Wes Craven’s The Last House On The Left before this one and that it received the full treatment by Hollywood, but what about this film? Obviously, this was a straight to video release which could have meant one of two things. It was either they didn’t have enough backing from Hollywood to get in theaters or it was awful. The film is about a writer named Jennifer Hill, who decides to drive out to the country to relax and write a novel. What she doesn’t expect on this trip is the fact that she is going to get raped by the locals. The film stars Sarah Butler (The Demented) as Jennifer, Jeff Branson (All My Children), Andrew Howard (The Hangover II), Rodney Eastman (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors), Chad Lindberg (October Sky), and Daniel Franzese (Bully).
The movie is very graphic which may scare parents from allowing their children from seeing this and I don’t blame them. Some of the scenes are not for the faint of heart and it’s probably the reason why it never hit the cinemas in the first place, but what makes this any different from Saw? Saw had some pretty graphic scenes that at times I had to look away. Can I really say that this movie is better than the original? I don’t really know how to answer that question because their are the faithfuls who will saw that there is nothing like the original. The obvious signs is that the kill scenes are a lot better in this one and it has to do with technology because we can make a kill scene that much more graphic and painful. I do however have to admit that I really did enjoy watching this movie the whole entire time. The reason for that is the movie sends a message that women are not weak beings and it also teaches you not to mess with a women cause payback is a bitch. If you can find this on DVD, then check it out because I give the movie a B+.
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