ISpitOnYourGrave Tagged Articles at Cinematical

Roger Ebert once referred to it as "a movie so sick, reprehensible and contemptible that I can hardly believe it's playing in respectable theaters," but it sure looks like Meir Zarchi's infamous 1978 grindhouse flick I Spit On Your Grave (aka Day of the Woman) is about to get the remake treatment. Accorrding to Variety, CineTel Films is planning a theatrical release for their new gob of Spit, which producer Paul Hertzberg is approaching very artistically: "After seeing what was done with an R rating on films like Saw and Hostel, we think we can modernize this story, be competitive with what this marketplace expects and not have to aim for an NC-17 or X rating." But hey, how does one "modernize" gang rape, anyway?

For the sane folks who've never seen I Spit On Your Grave, it is indeed about four backwoods scumbags who rape a young woman (more than once) before she bounces back with some of the harshest vengeance you've ever seen. (Butcher knives don't belong in bathtubs! Ouch!) Personally, I think it's a seriously trashy film, but one you've sorta gotta "survive" at least once if you're a horror freak. (And if you do rent the DVD, it comes with a Joe Bob Briggs audio commentary that's seriously excellent.) When contacted by Variety, Mr. Ebert simply hoped that the remake would be better than the original. Heh. Good ol' Rog. (Read that full review right here, by the way.)

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Easily the most noteworthy aspect of Tragic Ceremony (recently released to DVD by Dark Sky films) is the participation of Camille Keaton. The great niece of silent film star Buster Keaton, Camille appeared in a handful of Italian films in the early 1970s. Eventually she became best known for starring in the grisly U.S. made rape/revenge film Day of the Woman which is now known under the re-release title I Spit On Your Grave.

Four young people are spending several carefree days sailing and camping. Bill (Tony Isbert) is the only one in the group from a rich family, and his friends Fred (Giovanni Petrucci) and Joe (Maximo Valverde) have no problem taking advantage of Bill's wealth, even going so far as to conning him out of money on a rigged bet. Bill has eyes for Jane (Keaton) who may be involved with Joe (this is never made clear). Bill gives her a string of pearls he had bought for his mother who turned them down after hearing about the curse that supposedly comes with them.