Comments on: I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: UNRATED Review [Fantastic Fest 2010]

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:01:24 +0000

Hello. I don’t normally read this review blog or anything, just found it googling around about this movie. Thought I’d mention a couple things.
First off, hello…I’m a girl. And I’m a horror fan (less the cheesy sort, more the gritty kind). I just watched this, on the enthusiastic advice of a bubbly blonde girlfriend of mine. We both loved it. Absolutely. Now, is it Titus Andronicus? No. But is it a good watch that make you feel something? Yeah.
Let me explain how this doesn’t glorify rape, or murder: there is absolutely nothing sensual about how she is assaulted. It is chilling, and frighteningly realistic (with, perhaps, the exception of the sheriff). Remember the way she walked as she wandered to the bridge? Yeah. Not sexy. Very visceral.
Also, the expression on her face at the end is not a smirk. She did a great job channeling the tormented psyche of someone who has snapped. It’s not a “yay” moment, if you are paying attention. She is hollow in her victory.
Now, why would a woman like this film? In a word, catharsis. Chew on that a minute.
Ok, so there is no valid reason for this film to exist? Let me ask you this, then. Why is it a perfectly acceptable cinematic trope for a man to cut a bloody swath of revenge when his wife is raped and/or killed, (and maybe his kids, too, just to make it even clearer that he’s got nothing to lose), but it’s crazy for a woman? In Gladiator, we cheer for Russell Crowe to chop dozens of people into pieces, just so he can finally get some sweet regicide on. That’s just one of countless examples I could name, but the only major recent film I can recall that has a heroine avenging her slain husband is Salt (and I liked that, too). Are you telling me that the vengeance acted out in those very popular films is more likely or realistic than a rape survivor filling a bathtub with lye or mutilating one of her attackers with a pair of garden shears? Or that it’s harder to survive jumping off a fifteen foot bridge into a river than it is to manage the same jump from a helicopter a couple hundred feet up? C’mon. They’re not asking for the most outrageous suspension of disbelief here.
Anyway, that’s just my two cents. And before you ask, no, I don’t work for the company that released this film. I just honestly liked it…liked it enough to google more information about it. Sorry you didn’t.

By: DiabolicallyRandom

DiabolicallyRandom — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:47:48 +0000

Remakes in general suck with few exceptions. Just because you have slightly better actors and effects doesnt mean a movie needs to be remade. The only fundamental change is that the torture genre has become profitable. Hence the cashing in.

By: Sean Dufraine

Sean Dufraine — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:06:40 +0000

Dude, you are a fucking idiot. Critic’s fucking suck. Yes its your opinion but there is no fucking need to nag on and on about it. You didnt like it so just let it be, there is no need to drag it on repeating yourself on how bad it sucked. Grow up, get out you low life fucking loser and stop bitching about movies.

By: Travis Flack

Travis Flack — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:07:16 +0000

I liked the intensity of the film, but the “revenge” was too outlandish. The brutality of what the men did was extremely realistic, and the woman protaginist’s complicated murder spree seemed a little silly. Ropert made me think a little on this one too, look up his review.

By: Michael Carpenter

Michael Carpenter — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:15:23 +0000

@Final
You are the dumbest motherfucker in here. I haven’t seen this movie and probably won’t. I’ve read enough of Peter’s reviews to know that he knows what he’s talking about. Your comment however showed such little brain function I don’t know how you’re breathing. “as the viewer, I ended up rooting for her” NO FUCKING WAY, that’s crazy, you felt bad for a victim and then good for her when she got revenge. You act like you’re the only one! How can you not figure out that Saw is speaking on the value of life and Jigsaw is basically saying “hey, if you’re not going to use your life then i’ll just fucking take it.” ERRRRRRRR, I get bored watching innocent people die. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU WATCH HORROR MOVIES? Do you only run out and find the ones where the victim wins out and gets revenge? Outlandishly ridiculous traps? The traps were engineering masterpieces. And as for calling the Hostel movies pointless, THAT SHIT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. Sex slaves and the murder trade have existed in Eastern Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union. If you need to have that revenge moment, whatever, just don’t bitch about the movies that don’t have it. Personally, I want my soul to feel like it’s been raped after a horror movie, not like it could yell, “AW YEAH, YOU DID IT! GOOD FOR YOU”

And Dexter really blows. He’s so gay.

By: gary

gary — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:51:28 +0000

Haven’t seen the “I Spit…” remake yet, and probably won’t. I agree with your post, remakes of classic and cult films, for no other reason than name recognition. I’ve been tempted by, and watched, too many remakes that SUCKED! Examples: Hills Have Eyes, Friday the 13th, Amityville Horror. Why is the horror genre such an easy target for these remakes? Worse still is the fairly recent term “re-imagining”. Call it what it is, a REMAKE. And what’s up with sequels and prequels to remakes of movies of which there was only the original?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:23:31 +0000

Seriously were are critiquing weather a Hollywood made move is realistic. When there are kids with magic wands, light sabers, and a well received movie like the dark knight exists. No one can figure out who Batman is with his multitudes of amazing expensive gadgets. Really, this is the your complaint.

As far as the movie goes, I watched it and the original. Didn’t care much for the original, but actually found this remake to be above average. As far as movies of its genre go, Id put it above the Nightmare, Friday, and Halloween remakes easily. It seriously sounds as if you went into this movie ready to hate it because of its taboo subject matter and came away just as you wanted to.

It had its flaws, but overall not a bad movie at all.

By: bill giaquinto

bill giaquinto — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:46:11 +0000

i have seen the original and i thought it was great. the only thing i think is that they should have changed the characters names in the movie and the fact that jennifer is an author. they should have also changed the title completely and then it would not even be a remake. it is actually a great rape/revenge movie of it’s own. the methods of revenge are entirely different, as well as how the whole story went in general. it is the best horror movie i have seen in many years.