Day of the Woman (1978)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Brilliant and touching

The acting in this movie is really good.

That's right, I watched this movie when I was five-years-old (Thanks mom and dad)! Please forgive me if my recollection is a little hazy. Jennifer (Camille Keaton), for whatever motivation, moves to the great outdoors. Later, she's raped by four men, one of whom is mentally challenged. From there, she hangs, castrates, and disembowels her rapists. That's the entire movie!And now, I have to try to think of something nice to say about this movie: I Spit on Your Grave still eats away at me to this day. Not because of the violence, the violence is tame compared to other films. I feel powerless when I experienced that unnecessary rape scene.Also, there are some great film theory books that examine this film such as "Men, Women, and Chainsaws" by Carol J. Clover, "The Monstrous Feminine" by Barbara Creed, and "Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study" by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.Other than that, I have a difficult time recommending this film. The acting, screenwriting, cinematography (especially framing), production design, and directing are extremely subpar. The rape scene is gratuitous and exploitative. Once the revenge starts, I lost sympathy for the main character. The cruelty that each character displays is truly repulsive and left my stomach churning. While this might of been the point of the director to reveal the horrors of rape and brutality, Meir Zarchi forgets nuance and relevancy.

I watched this movie after seeing it sited on a list by The Rolling Stone as one of the most contrversial and gruesome movies made. there must not be that many gruesome horror movies out there because this movie was extremely boring with run time being wasted on shots that lingere on to long as if they had tension. the rape scenes werent convincing at all and the kills in this movie weren't satisfying nor disturbing and poorly done. the acting is sub par aswell. i became interested in disturbing horror movies after extremely enjoying cannibal holocaust, and after seeing this and other movies like this i now realize that most movies in this genre are awful and holocaust is an exception.

While hard to watch, this film is well thought out. This movie was not made to please the majority of audiences, it was made to be thought provoking. Is it something most audiences can consider "easy viewing"? Of course not, and it wasn't made to be that way. It's a rough movie to watch but a movie that is rare in its plot and for its ending. For the reviews saying that the male characters are not given enough time to make audiences relate to them, I say "of course!". The audience is not supposed to relate to so-called "hicks" who brutalize and rape a stranger. Why would we?! And for those reviews that take offense that the woman seeks revenge on those who have violated and abused her, then movies are not for you. Are we supposed to hate those in series' like The Purge whom defend themselves? Or is it that some people take issue with a woman defending herself and trying to right a wrong that can never be righted? Do I agree with murder to get it done? Of course not! But I can appreciate the film for showing a female lead being victimized in too many ways and then showing her taking the strength to take matters into her own hands. This is not an easy movie to watch but the underlying messages are some I have never seen in any other movie.

Repugnant exploitative misogynist trash that has long been a favorite among weirdos and creepers. The "story" is about a young woman from New York (Camille Keaton, granddaughter of Buster Keaton) who goes to the country to write. She's then savagely and repeatedly raped by four men, one of them mentally retarded (charming). Afterwards she gets her revenge. There comes a point where you subject a character to so much brutality and degradation that no amount of revenge will make the experience enjoyable. This movie passed that point with the first protracted rape scene. Yes, first, as the woman is raped three times over the span of forty minutes! It's a disgusting soulless movie with ZERO redeeming qualities. This didn't need to be made and, if you found it entertaining, please seek help. A strong contender for the worst movie ever made, on moral grounds if nothing else.