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- 75Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.One can’t mistake I Spit in Your Grave for anything other than a raging political text, a rigorous reminder to the power of a disturbed imagination, be it victimizer or victim.
- 70IGNIGNAdmittedly, I Spit on Your Grave is a gruesome, deplorable little exploitation picture that, on the surface, seems to enjoy it's rape sequences just as much, if not more, than the vengeance-filled finale. But on a more subtle level, the film is a surprisingly well-executed revenge story that plays like a brutally raw nerve – a terrifyingly stark view of the real horror of rape, painted by bizarre, skewed cinematography, gory violence, and a keen sense of creeping atmosphere and dread.
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineDirector Meir Zarchi may have been trying to make a point about the horrors of rape, brutality, revenge, and reprisal, but he simply isn't a good enough director to extract any relevance or nuance from his exploitative material. Watch Wes Craven's Last House On The Left instead.
- 20EmpireEmpireReally, really bad. It's not good on any level. Not a good horror, not a good revenge flick, it's poorly constructed and has absolutely nothing to say or offer. Utter shit.
- 0Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is a movie so sick, reprehensible and contemptible that I can hardly believe it's playing in respectable theaters. But it is. Attending it was one of the most depressing experiences of, my life.
- 0Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelA hideously violent shocker about a woman who is repeatedly raped and castrates her victims. [18 July 1980, p.8]