Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- brutal
- foreboding
- cult horror night
- grindhouse double feature
What critics said
Critics generally regarded the remake as professionally made but exploitative, excessively violent, and unable to justify its graphic treatment of sexual assault.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jennifer Hills survives a gang rape and later methodically targets the men responsible.
Jennifer rents a secluded cabin in the woods, where the lack of witnesses heightens her helplessness.
The film lingers on explicit assault and elaborate revenge violence in the tradition of grindhouse cinema.
Jennifer turns her knowledge of the isolated terrain and her attackers' vulnerabilities into a campaign of revenge.
Films like I Spit on Your Grave, and why
I Spit on Your Grave
shares rape-and-revenge exploitation, escalating brutality, and a grim survivalist tone
Ms .45
shares female-led revenge, graphic violence, and morally confrontational exploitation aesthetics
The Last House on the Left
shares trauma-driven vengeance, rural isolation, and harsh psychological violence
Revenge
shares survival horror, gendered violence, and retaliatory brutality in an isolated setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Steven R. Monroe
- Release Date
- 2010-06-17
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (2682)
Cast
- Sarah Butler
- Jeff Branson
- Tracey Walter
- Andrew Howard
- Chad Lindberg
- Rodney Eastman
- Daniel Franzese
- Mollie Milligan
- Saxon Sharbino
- Amber Dawn Landrum
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Spit on Your Grave about?
- An isolated novelist wages a brutal campaign of retaliation against the men who assaulted her.
- What is I Spit on Your Grave like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Spit on Your Grave as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is I Spit on Your Grave violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in I Spit on Your Grave as graphic.
- What did critics think of I Spit on Your Grave?
- Critics generally regarded the remake as professionally made but exploitative, excessively violent, and unable to justify its graphic treatment of sexual assault.
- Which films are like I Spit on Your Grave?
- Films with a similar feel include I Spit on Your Grave, Ms .45, The Last House on the Left, and Revenge.
- How long is I Spit on Your Grave?
- I Spit on Your Grave runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Spit on Your Grave?
- In United States, I Spit on Your Grave streams on Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel.
