I Spit on Your Grave | |
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Directed by | Steven R. Monroe |
Screenplay by | Stuart Morse |
Produced by | Lisa M. Hansen Paul Hertzberg |
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Cinematography | Neil Lisk |
Edited by | Daniel Duncan |
Music by | Corey Allen Jackson |
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Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million[3] |
Box office | $572,809[3] |
I Spit on Your Grave is a 2010 American rape and revenge horror film and a remake of the controversial 1978 cult film of the same name (originally titled Day of the Woman).[4] It was directed by Steven R. Monroe and written by Stuart Morse, based on the original film's director/writer Meir Zarchi's screenplay,[5] and stars Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese, Rodney Eastman, Chad Lindberg, Tracey Walter, and Andrew Howard.[6]
It was distributed by CineTel, and produced by the company's president and CEO Paul Hertzberg. Lisa Hansen, Jeff Klein, Alan Ostroff, Gary Needle, and Meir Zarchi (director of the original) served as executive producers. Principal photography began on November 2, 2009, with location filming taking place in Louisiana.
I Spit on Your Grave had its premiere on Texas Frightmare Weekend on May 1, 2010, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 8, 2010, by Anchor Bay. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $572,809 on a $2 million budget.
The film was followed by two sequels, I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013) and I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015).