I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 
(1978)


(From Joe Bob's Ultimate B Movie Guide)


This feminist revenge thriller was once called "the most disgusting movie ever made" by Siskel and Ebert, who emphasized how degrading it is to women. But the most likely thing that will happen after a man watches this flick--especially the bathtub scene--is that he won't be able to walk straight for a week. A combination of "Deliverance," "Death Wish" and "Straw Dogs," this movie was way ahead of its time. Camille Keaton (granddaughter of Buster), Eron Rabor and Richard Pace all turn in great performances, but especially Tabor as the finest crudhead slimeball woman-hater ever portrayed. The speech he gives about why it was necessary for him to rape Camille is a classic, and Meir Zarchi--one of those directors renowned for just one movie, this one--develops every single scene so that, even though you sort of know what's going to happen, you're always surprised by what really DOES happen. It also has the best ad line in history: "This woman just chopped, burned, maimed, and mutilated four men beyond recognition--and no jury in the world would convict her." A 94 on the Vomit Meter. Also famous for the line spoken by the drunk rapist standing over the battered corpse-like woman: "Total submission. that's what I like in a woman. Total submission."

 

 

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