I Spit on Your Grave (film series)

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I Spit on Your Grave
Created by Meir Zarchi
Original work I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Years1978–2019
Films and television
Film(s) List of films

I Spit on Your Grave is an American rape and revenge film series that comprises two films written and directed by Meir Zarchi and three remake films, each installment following a woman who exacts revenge on each of her tormentors after four men gang rape and leave her for dead. [1] The original 1978 film has gained a large cult following. Jennifer Hills (portrayed by Camille Keaton and Sarah Butler) is the only character to appear in every film, with the exception of the 2013 film I Spit on Your Grave 2 .

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Films

FilmU.S.
release date		DirectorWriter(s)Producer(s)
I Spit on Your Grave November 22, 1978 Meir Zarchi Joseph Zbeda
I Spit on Your Grave May 1, 2010 Steven R. Monroe Stuart Morse Lisa M. Hansen and Paul Hertzberg
I Spit on Your Grave 2 August 25, 2013 Thomas H. Fenton and Neil Elman
I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine October 23, 2015R. D. BraunsteinDaniel Gilboy
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu April 23, 2019Meir ZarchiJan O'Connell and Terry Zarchi

Original series

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

After a young writer (Camille Keaton) is brutally raped and left for dead by four men, she systematically hunts them down one by one to exact a terrible vengeance.

I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019)

Forty years after a woman (Camille Keaton) gets revenge on her attackers, she faces the wrath of the families of the men she killed. She and her daughter (Jamie Bernadette) are kidnapped and have to face off against a gang of degenerates overseen by a violently unhinged matriarch.

Remake series

I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

Jennifer (Sarah Butler), a writer, rents an isolated cabin in the country so she can work on her latest novel. The peace and quiet is soon shattered by a gang of local thugs who rape and torture her, then leave her for dead. But she returns for vengeance, trapping the men one by one. Jennifer inflicts pain on her attackers with a ferocity that surpasses her own ordeal.

I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

A young woman (Jemma Dallender) embarks on a merciless path of revenge after three men rape and torture her.

I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)

After joining a therapy group for rape victims, a woman (Sarah Butler) seeks grisly revenge against the perpetrators of the crimes.

Derivative works

The first film was followed by a slew of imitators and unofficial followups, including the unofficial remakes Turkish I Spit on Your Grave from 1979 and 1985's Naked Vengeance . Naked Vengeance film inspired the name of the unofficial sequel to the original film named Savage Vengeance (also called I Will Dance On Your Grave: Savage Vengeance) which starred Keaton once again as a woman named Jennifer. Other derivatives include the spoof I Spit Chew On Your Grave (2008) and the German I Piss on Your Cadaver (1999). [2]

Principal cast and characters

List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

CharacterOriginal seriesUnofficial filmRemake series
I Spit on Your Grave I Spit on Your Grave:
Deja Vu 		I Will Dance On Your Grave:
Savage Vengeance 		I Spit on Your Grave I Spit on Your Grave 2 I Spit on Your Grave III:
Vengeance Is Mine
197820191993201020132015
Jennifer Hills
Angela Jitrenka 		Camille Keaton Sarah Butler Sarah Butler
Johnny StillmanEron TaborMentioned Jeff Branson MentionedJeff Branson A
Matthew DuncanRichard Pace Chad Lindberg Chad Lindberg A
Stanley WoodsAnthony Nichols Daniel Franzese Daniel Franzese A
Andy ChirenskyGunter Kleemann Rodney Eastman Rodney Eastman A
Becky StillmanAlexis Magnotti Maria Olsen
Melissa StillmanTammy Zarchi
Johnny Stillman Jr.Terry Zarchi
WaitressTraci Ferrante
PorterWilliam Tasgal
ButcherIsaac Agami
Supermarket GirlRonit Haviv
Christina "Christy" Hills Jamie Bernadette
Priest Meir Zarchi
Herman Duncan Jim Tavare
Scotty Chirensky Jeremy Ferdman
Beady Eyes Duncan Alexandra Kenworthy
Kevin WoodsJonathan Peacy
Millie StillmanHolgie Forrester
Henry StillmanRoy Allen III
Bar Singer Melissa Moore
TommyDonald Farmer
SamLinda Lyer
Dwayne ChesneyPhil Newman
SheriffJack Clout
Dr. LunaRobin Sinclair
ClerkJane Clark
MannyBill Sweeney
BulldogJack Kent
Earl Tracey Walter
Storch Andrew Howard Andrew Howard A
Mrs. StorchMollie Milligan
Chastity Saxon Sharbino Mentioned
Girl at Gas StationAmber Dawn Landrum
Katie Carter Jemma Dallender
Ivan Joe Absolom
Ana Mary Stockley
Father Dimov Valentine Pelka
Sharon Kacey Barnfield
GeorgyYavor Baharov
NicolaiAleksandar Aleksiev
Detective KirilGeorgi Zlaterev
ValkoPeter Silverleaf
JaysonMichael Dixon
Bar PatronDimo Alexiev
PedestrianIvan Ivanov
PolicemanKrasimir Ortakchiev
Marla Finch Jennifer Landon
Oscar "Koza" Kosca Doug McKeon
Detective McDylan Gabriel Hogan
Therapist Harley Jane Kozak
Detective Boyle Michelle Hurd
MatthewRussell Pitts
ChiefWalter Perez
Lynne Karen Strassman
RonChristopher Hoffman

Additional crew and production details

FilmCrew/Detail
Composer(s)CinematographerEditorProduction
companies		Distributing
companies		Running time
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)—Yuri HavivMeir ZarchiCinemagic PicturesThe Jerry Gross Organization1hr 42mins
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)Corey Allen JacksonNeil LiskDaniel Duncan CineTel Films Anchor Bay Entertainment 1hr 48mins
I Spit on Your Grave 2 Damian BromleyKristina Hamilton-Grobler1hr 27mins
I Spit on Your Grave III:
Vengeance Is Mine 		James Dooley Richard J. VialetAna Florit1hr 46mins
1hr 40mins (edited cut)
I Spit on Your Grave:
Deja Vu 		—Pedja RadenkovicTerry ZarchiDeja Vu LLC1hr 31mins

Reception

Box office and financial performance

FilmBox office grossBox office rankingBudgetRef.
North AmericaOther territoriesWorldwideAll time
North America		All time
worldwide
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)$93,051$1,185,599$1,278,650#39not available$2,000,000 [3]
I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)$809$677,795$678,604#52not available$2,000,000 [4]
I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)$144,661#91not available$2,000,000 [5]
Totals$91,784,027$19,355,221$67,215,435$6,000,000

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)51% (35 reviews) [6] 19/100 (6 reviews) [7]
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)32% (63 reviews) [8] 27/100 (14 reviews) [9]
I Spit on Your Grave 20% (8 reviews) [10] 23/100 (3 reviews) [11]
I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine0% (27 reviews) [12] 40/100 (2 reviews) [13]
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu0% (15 reviews) [14] 27/100 (14 reviews) [15]

Home media

TitleFormatDiscsRegion 1Region 2Region 4Special featuresDistributors
I Spit on Your Grave: Ultimate Collector's EditionBlu-ray02—20 September 2010—Content New Special Features101 Films
I Spit on Your Grave: Limited Collector's EditionBlu-ray03—7 February 2011—Content New Special Features101 Films
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)Blu-ray01—8 February 2011—Content New Special Features Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment
I Spit on Your Grave: Director's CutBlu-ray02—16 March 2011—Content New Special FeaturesStarz/Anchor Bay Entertainment

See also

References

  1. ↑ "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION - on Blu-ray 5th October - PART ONE". October 2020.
  2. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave: The Complete Collection – Top Trivia". October 4, 2020. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave (2010)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine (2015)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave (Day of the Woman) (1978)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  7. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave (1978)". Metacritic.
  8. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  9. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave (2010)". Metacritic.
  10. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  11. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)". Metacritic.
  12. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  13. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)". Metacritic.
  14. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  15. ↑ "I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu (2019)". Metacritic.
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