Anchor Bay Films just announced that they’ve acquired CineTel Film’ I Spit on Your Grave remake for release in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Under the deal the film will receive a theatrical release in the Fall under Anchor Bay’s label, with a dvd and blu-ray release planned for the beginning of 2011.
The remake was directed by Steven R. Monroe, who’s made a bunch of iffy horror films in the past (It Waits, Dual, House of 9) and stars Sarah Butler. Like in the original the story’s about a city girl who rents a cabin in the countryside so she can rest and write her latest novel. After harassing her a bunch, a group of local hillbillies break into her house and rape her, leaving her for dead. But she’s not… and she’s out for revenge. Daniel Franzese (Bully), Chad Lindberg (The Fast and The Furious), Rodney Eastman (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4) and Andrew Howard (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen). round up the rest of the cast.
The 1978 original (also known as Day of the Woman) really is an underrated and (still!) misunderstood film that falsely
gets labeled as misogynist quite a bit. It has to do with the subject matter, of course, but get beyond the really incredibly grueling sequences and you’ll find one of the all time great female revenge films. There’s a reason it made CHUD’s Essentials List.
Anchor Bay knows how revered and disgusted people are by the original, which is why their Senior Vice President of Acquisitions notes that he “can safely say that this remake not only honors the 1978 original, but will shock today’s audiences as never before.”
Very ballsy claim- I like it. But we shall see. Before it hits I suggest you grab the dvd of the original and be prepared to watch the film twice, because you’ll definitely want to check it out with the fantastic Joe Bob Briggs commentary (he of Redneck haiku). Every genre film should come with a Joe Bob commentary.
We’ll let you know more about release plans when we hear it.
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nice to reference (yet another failed) CHUD list that died three years ago.
Here's a second on the Joe Bob Briggs commentary. Even if you haven't seen the movie before, I'd recommend just watching with the commentary the first time through.
The original film is as disturbing as it is ghoulish; it is neither underrated or misunderstood. To say it's one of the "all time great female revenge films" means nothing when the audience is forced to sit through various scenes of brutal gang-rape sequences. WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING TO YOUR READERS? That you have watched this repeated, and advise others to do so, is depravity – Plain and simple.
That bitch has a mighty fine ass, no wonder those good ole' boyz wanna tap it!
Oh, I also wanted to add that I'm a moralizing dumbass with a simplistic view of the world. Just thought everyone should know.
I vaguely recall an episode of The Simpsons which satirized this film's title … I can't remember it exactly but it was something like I Leave Your Toilet Seat Up or some such idiocy. It was one of those eps where the family is going to see a movie and we see the marquee outside the multiplex with all kinds of goofy movie titles.
Prediction: One the attackers with be female this time. This will be considered 'shocking'.
Hey Phillip its me your hairy balls, please find me I am lost and its turning you into a gigantic vagina. Quit being a pussy and at least act like you got a pair until we reunite!
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It was called "I thumb through your magazines…" heh heh.
I like the original and Ill stick with that one. Some remakes are ok, and I think the Horror genre is prime ground for it, some should just be left alone. This is one. Although I'm pretty amped for The Crazies.
Phillip is spot on. I've never once had the urge to write on these message boards until now. I can't say i enjoyed the movie but i don't regret seeing it either. It's the epitome of exploitation film, making the viewer squirm in uncomfortableness. But to say that it's "falsely labeled as misogynistic" is just plain idiotic, and easy to say coming from a male perspective. I'd like to see you defend that statement to a woman. That's like some white dude telling a black guy that the Ku Klux Klan are unfairly misunderstood on the state of race relations.
It's a brutal film, but it doesn't glorify the rape. You're shown everything from her perspective and it's horrible to sit through, an ordeal. I think that's the clear distinction that people have to make- it's like saying that Irreversible is a misogynist movie because of that infamous scene. I really think that you folks have to give it another shot because you're reading things into the film that simply aren't there, although like I said, it's not for everyone. Joe Bob said it much better than me here- http://www.joebobbriggs.com/drivein/2002/ispitonyourgrave.html
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