I Spit on Your Grave

2010 Horror

The survivor of a vicious gang rape turns the tables on her attackers in this remake of director Meir Zarchi's notorious 1978 horror classic. In order to seek inspiration for her next book, urbanite author Jennifer Hills (Sarah Butler) retreats to a secluded cabin in the woods. Little does Jennifer realize that she's just caught the attention of some particularly depraved locals, and her peaceful retreat is about to become a living hell. At first the sadistic intruders attempt to frighten Jennifer by breaking into her cabin, but then the attack gets out of hand. Desperate to escape after being badly brutalized, Jennifer throws herself into the river and allows her body to be carried away by the rapids. When her attackers fail to locate her corpse, they assume she is dead and return to their normal lives. But Jennifer isn't dead, and she doesn't forgive. Her attackers will pay for what they did, and nothing they say or do can prevent her from savaging them in the worst way imaginable before she sends them to hell screaming. more..

Director: Steven R. Monroe

Starring: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese, Rodney Eastman

 23 Reviews  1 Awards

Reviews

  • Exploitation pure and simple. But it's artistically redeeming exploitation. If you can handle it, see it.

    V.A. Musetto - New York Post

    26 April 2013

  • Female-empowerment fantasy or just plain prurience, "Grave" is extremely efficient grindhouse. If there is any message here at all, it's don't mess with a novelist: being creative is her job.

    Jeannette Catsoulis - The New York Times

    26 April 2013

  • Its straight-ahead rape, humiliation and ingenious revenge competently executed but not aestheticized, the essential grunginess never overly slicked up.

    Ronnie Scheib - Variety

    26 April 2013

  • Now it's just some thin chick in her underwear, kicking butt.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • What it doesn't have is the first movie's primal understanding of patriarchal violence and feminist rage, as both moral horror and exploitation gold. As a result, this is a much easier movie to watch.

    - Chicago Reader

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Feature Film

    Toronto After Dark Film Festival (2010)

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