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*** Is her [[spoiler:murder of Matthew]] a KickTheSonOfABitch KickTheDog moment, or has she truly crossed the MoralEventHorizon? While he saved her life, he ''did'' still participate in raping Jennifer, and her life was ruined by the act. Was he attempting to atone (and did she callously ignore it), or was it a pathetic attempt to make up for what he'd done (and did Jennifer only give him what he deserved)? Given how she lures him in - to a situation where he would ''have'' to [[spoiler: sleep with her to get the noose around his neck]] - it's possible Jennifer was offering him a SecretTestOfCharacter; if he [[spoiler: didn't go to her, she'd let him live, but since he still took advantage of her, she killed him]].
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* DontShootTheMessage: The film's detractors argue that while the message is certainly an important one, the execution is flawed; it's been argued that apart from Jennifer's gang-rape being presented in an excessively graphic and downright voyeuristic manner, the film doesn't actually have much else to say on the subject apart from "AndThatsTerrible", and at times even seems to villainize her for fighting back (most notably via the tagline on the poster) while also reveling in the same cruelty [[BrokenAesop it tries to condemn]].
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* DontShootTheMessage: The film's detractors argue that while the message is certainly an important one, the execution is flawed; it's been argued that apart from Jennifer's gang-rape being presented in an excessively graphic and downright voyeuristic manner, the film doesn't actually have much else to say on the subject apart from "AndThatsTerrible", "AndThatsTerrible," and at times even seems to villainize her for fighting back (most notably via the tagline on the poster) while also reveling in the same cruelty [[BrokenAesop it tries to condemn]].
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* DontShootTheMessage: While the anti-rape message is certainly an important one, there's still no excuse for a lurid exploitation film about it.
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* DontShootTheMessage: While The film's detractors argue that while the anti-rape message is certainly an important one, there's still no excuse for a lurid exploitation the execution is flawed; it's been argued that apart from Jennifer's gang-rape being presented in an excessively graphic and downright voyeuristic manner, the film about it.doesn't actually have much else to say on the subject apart from "AndThatsTerrible", and at times even seems to villainize her for fighting back (most notably via the tagline on the poster) while also reveling in the same cruelty [[BrokenAesop it tries to condemn]].
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* DontShootTheMessage: While the anti-rape message is an important message there's no excuse for a lurid exploitation film about it.
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* DontShootTheMessage: While the anti-rape message is certainly an important message one, there's still no excuse for a lurid exploitation film about it.
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* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler: Johnny]] is implied to get his penis either mutilated or cut off completely, and bleeds to death in the bath.
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** [[spoiler: Johnny]] is implied to get his penis either mutilated or cut off completely, and bleeds to death in the bath.
** [[spoiler: Johnny]] is implied to get his penis either mutilated or cut off completely, and bleeds to death in the bath.
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** In the second film, Katie kills Nicolay by drowning him in unflushed club toilets. He can be seen spitting out solid chunks of feces.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: When the movie first came out it was slammed by critics for how it glorifies a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for rape as "empowering." Nowadays that is what a lot of people know the film for.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The movie glorifies a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for rape as "empowering." A lot of critics slammed it for this.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Whether or not it truly counts as a "bad" film is a matter of opinion, Camille Keaton received near unanimous praise for her acting in the role of Jennifer.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Whether or not it truly counts as a "bad" film is a matter of opinion, but Camille Keaton received near unanimous praise for her acting in the role of Jennifer.
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: ''Encyclopedia of Horror'' notes that many criticisms of the film came from people who had not seen it, heard misrepresented facts about its subject matter and assumed it was portraying rape for {{Fanservice}}.
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* FanHater: When ''Bloody Disgusting'' did a piece on the anniversary edition in 2020, the comments were filled with people questioning the sanity of anyone who would want to buy it.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: When Jennifer confronts Johnny at gunpoint, he tries to defend his actions with many statements used to discredit actual victims - namely ImAManICantHelpIt, she'd been wearing a bikini in public and had dressed skimpily elsewhere - and the movie clearly portrays him as being in the wrong. He even tries to bargain for his life by mentioning he has a family - and Jennifer calls him on his hypocrisy. ''Film/TheAccused'' would not highlight these double standards for a good ten years after this one's release.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: While the 'badness' is up for debate these days, Camille Keaton received near unanimous praise for her acting in the role of Jennifer.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: While the 'badness' Whether or not it truly counts as a "bad" film is up for debate these days, a matter of opinion, Camille Keaton received near unanimous praise for her acting in the role of Jennifer.
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*** [[spoiler: By the end of the third film, it's pretty clear that she has become mentally unstable. But that last night she snuck out and got caught. She knew she was being watched by the police, yet she was wearing a clearly visible red dress and tried to kill at least two more people, one of them in front of a Detective no less. Did she really go insane that night or was it a deliberate ploy to allow her to plead insanity and dodge any serious punishment? Or was it attempted suicide by cop?]]
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*** [[spoiler: By the end of the third film, it's pretty clear that she has become mentally unstable. But that last night she snuck out and got caught. She caught, she knew she was being watched by the police, yet she was wearing a clearly visible red dress and tried to kill at least two more people, one of them in front of a Detective no less. Did she really go insane that night or was it a deliberate ploy to allow her to plead insanity and dodge any serious punishment? Or was it attempted suicide by cop?]]
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* DontShootTheMessage: While there's no excuse for a lurid exploitation film about it, the anti-rape message is nevertheless an important one.
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* DontShootTheMessage: While the anti-rape message is an important message there's no excuse for a lurid exploitation film about it, the anti-rape message is nevertheless an important one.it.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: All those extended rape sequences, just to say that rape is bad? Creator/RogerEbert noted to his horror that some of the audience members at the screening he attended actually cheered on the rapists. ''Encyclopedia of Horror'' refuted this claim however.
--> "The men are so grossly unattractive, and the rapes so harrowing and long-drawn-out, it's hard to imagine male viewers identifying with the perpetrators..."
--> "The men are so grossly unattractive, and the rapes so harrowing and long-drawn-out, it's hard to imagine male viewers identifying with the perpetrators..."
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: All those extended rape sequences, just to say that rape is bad? Creator/RogerEbert noted to his horror that some of the audience members at the screening he attended actually cheered on the rapists. ''Encyclopedia of Horror'' refuted this claim however.
--> "The men are so grossly unattractive, and the rapes so harrowing and long-drawn-out, it's hard to imagine male viewers identifying with the perpetrators..."
--> "The men are so grossly unattractive, and the rapes so harrowing and long-drawn-out, it's hard to imagine male viewers identifying with the perpetrators..."
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*** [[spoiler:Christy’s reaction to finding her mother Jennifer’s decapitated corpse.]]
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: ''Encyclopedia of Horror'' notes that many criticisms of the film came from people who had not seen it, heard misrepresented facts about its subject matter and assumed it was portraying rape for {{Fanservice}}.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: The 1978 original has far more defenders for its bold statements that few mainstream films were willing to portray - as well as Camille Keaton's performance as Jennifer. The 2010 remake - ironically the first of the two to get sequels - is not as remembered and considered a bit derivative of the 2000s TorturePorn.
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* IntendedAudienceReaction: Some of the criticisms hurled at the film were that Johnny was justifying Jennifer's rape with how much skin she'd showed beforehand - even when the narrative itself frames such statements as clearly in the wrong.
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* PeripheryDemographic: ''Bloody Disgusting'''s articles about the 2020 Blu-Ray release uncovered a small demographic of sexual assault survivors who enjoyed the film for CatharsisFactor reasons.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: When Jennifer confronts Johnny at gunpoint, he tries to defend his actions with many statements used to discredit actual victims - namely ImAManICantHelpIt, she'd been wearing a bikini in public and had dressed skimpily elsewhere - and the movie clearly portrays him as being in the wrong. He even tries to bargain for his life by mentioning he has a family - and Jennifer calls him on his hypocrisy. ''Film/TheAccused'' would not highlight these double standards for a good ten years after this one's release.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: When Jennifer confronts Johnny at gunpoint, he tries to defend his actions with many statements used to discredit actual victims - namely ImAManICantHelpIt, she'd been wearing a bikini in public and had dressed skimpily elsewhere - and the movie clearly portrays him as being in the wrong. He even tries to bargain for his life by mentioning he has a family - and Jennifer calls him on his hypocrisy. ''Film/TheAccused'' would not highlight these double standards for a good ten years after this one's release.
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* CaptainObviousAesop: Hey, did you know rape is bad?
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* CaptainObviousAesop: Hey, did you know rape is bad?bad? Of course, at the time the film was released (1978), this was AnAesop that was not often portrayed. Notably the first Hollywood film to really examine rape as its main theme was ''Film/TheAccused'' - which came out a good ten years after this.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: All those extended rape sequences, just to say that rape is bad? Creator/RogerEbert noted to his horror that some of the audience members at the screening he attended actually cheered on the rapists.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: All those extended rape sequences, just to say that rape is bad? Creator/RogerEbert noted to his horror that some of the audience members at the screening he attended actually cheered on the rapists. ''Encyclopedia of Horror'' refuted this claim however.
--> "The men are so grossly unattractive, and the rapes so harrowing and long-drawn-out, it's hard to imagine male viewers identifying with the perpetrators..."
--> "The men are so grossly unattractive, and the rapes so harrowing and long-drawn-out, it's hard to imagine male viewers identifying with the perpetrators..."
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*** Is her [[spoiler:murder of Matthew]] a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, or has she truly crossed the MoralEventHorizon? While he saved her life, he ''did'' still participate in raping Jennifer, and her life was ruined by the act. Was he attempting to atone (and did she callously ignore it), or was it a pathetic attempt to make up for what he'd done (and did Jennifer only give him what he deserved)?
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*** Is her [[spoiler:murder of Matthew]] a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, or has she truly crossed the MoralEventHorizon? While he saved her life, he ''did'' still participate in raping Jennifer, and her life was ruined by the act. Was he attempting to atone (and did she callously ignore it), or was it a pathetic attempt to make up for what he'd done (and did Jennifer only give him what he deserved)?deserved)? Given how she lures him in - to a situation where he would ''have'' to [[spoiler: sleep with her to get the noose around his neck]] - it's possible Jennifer was offering him a SecretTestOfCharacter; if he [[spoiler: didn't go to her, she'd let him live, but since he still took advantage of her, she killed him]].
* BrokenBase: The infamous 20-minute rape sequence. On the first release, it was condemned for exploiting rape for the sake of entertainment; Roger Ebert in particular noting that the scenes seemed to be titillating the audience at a screening he went to. Others however argue that the scene's length and brutality puts more emphasis on how horrific it is for Jennifer, and the audience is clearly intended to sympathise with her.
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* CatharsisFactor: The reason the original film exists. The director wanted to make a feminist movie that empowered rape victims through Jennifer's rampage.
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* CatharsisFactor: The reason the original film exists. The director wanted to make a feminist movie that empowered rape victims through Jennifer's rampage. Julie Bindel (one of the original protesters) later wrote a retraction, saying that the film's depiction of the revenge might not be realistic but it definitely was cathartic.
--> "If rape remains as easy to get away with as it is at present, films in which women get even through the legal system will become as unrealistic as ''ISOYG''. But I know which one will give me, and many other women, the most comfort."
--> "If rape remains as easy to get away with as it is at present, films in which women get even through the legal system will become as unrealistic as ''ISOYG''. But I know which one will give me, and many other women, the most comfort."
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* FridgeLogic: In the original, Johnny gets his penis sliced off while in the tub with Jennifer, and didn't realize it until ''after'' he noticed he was bleeding.
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* FridgeLogic: In the original, Johnny [[spoiler: Johnny]] gets his penis sliced off while in the tub with Jennifer, and didn't realize it until ''after'' he noticed he was bleeding.bleeding. Unless she didn't cut it off completely and just stabbed him down there.
* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler: Johnny]] is implied to get his penis either mutilated or cut off completely, and bleeds to death in the bath.
* OlderThanTheyThink: This film tackles gang rape in a serious and brutal way ten years before ''Film/TheAccused''.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: While the 'badness' is up for debate these days, Camille Keaton received near unanimous praise for her acting in the role of Jennifer.
* ValuesResonance: The film's portrayal of rape still resonates in a post 'Me Too' world; including Johnny justifying his actions with many defences still exploited by lawyers in rape trials today (ImAManICantHelpIt, the victim being skimpily dressed, the NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization). The film's sympathy is entirely with Jennifer, and the narrative refuses to justify the actions of the mildly sympathetic Matthew. The fact that Jennifer is not portrayed as a [[GoodVictimsBadVictims 'perfect victim']] and the rapists being established to have respectable lives (Johnny has a wife and two children) only makes the story still very relevant to the present day.
* VindicatedByHistory: In a sense. Panned by critics and picketed by feminists and MoralGuardians when it first came out, it still enjoys a controversial reception today. However, there are more defenders who point to its messages and feminist themes. In fact, Julie Bindel was one of the ones who initially protested, but later changed her mind and said she did consider it a feminist film (and in fact called it more feminist than ''Film/TheAccused'').
* ValuesResonance: The film's portrayal of rape still resonates in a post 'Me Too' world; including Johnny justifying his actions with many defences still exploited by lawyers in rape trials today (ImAManICantHelpIt, the victim being skimpily dressed, the NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization). The film's sympathy is entirely with Jennifer, and the narrative refuses to justify the actions of the mildly sympathetic Matthew. The fact that Jennifer is not portrayed as a [[GoodVictimsBadVictims 'perfect victim']] and the rapists being established to have respectable lives (Johnny has a wife and two children) only makes the story still very relevant to the present day.
* VindicatedByHistory: In a sense. Panned by critics and picketed by feminists and MoralGuardians when it first came out, it still enjoys a controversial reception today. However, there are more defenders who point to its messages and feminist themes. In fact, Julie Bindel was one of the ones who initially protested, but later changed her mind and said she did consider it a feminist film (and in fact called it more feminist than ''Film/TheAccused'').
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* CultClassic: When it came out, it was a critical and commercial flop, being seen as nothing more than a "[[Creator/RogerEbert vile bag of garbage]]" that glorified rape-culture and did not gain any commercial traction until it hit home-video. As the years went on, its infamous spot in cinema history gathered more and more viewers and people began to remember it as an underrated gem in horror-cinema. Some critics -- from Julie Bindel[[note]]who famously picketed the film upon its release, [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jan/19/wrong-about-spit-on-your-grave only to formally apologize later on]][[/note]] to Creator/CountJackula -- even view it as a lost Feminist masterpiece.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The movie glorifies a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for rape as "empowering." A lot of critics slammed it for this.
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*** [[spoiler: Father Dimov meeting Katie while she's rumaging around for food in the church, nicknaming her "Little Mouse", providing her food, clothing and a Bible, and being nothing less than kind and compassionate to her. Moreover, he knows Kirill and implores him to help her.]]
*** [[spoiler: Detective Kirill saving Katie's life after learning the truth, apologizing to her for his screwup and letting her go.]]
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*** [[spoiler: All the moments between Marla and Jennifer. Marla standing up for Jennifer when she's being harassed by Chief. Marla having a drink with Jennifer. Just Marla being buddy-buddy with her and drawing her out of her shell.]][[spoiler: It makes Marla's murder even more tragic.]]
*** [[spoiler: Despite what happens later, Detective [=McDylan=] is quickly established as a kind and caring SVU Detective that genuinely wants to help people. Unlike Bolton's antagonistic approach (meant to get people upset and blurt things out), he is able to get Jennifer Hills of all people (who was utterly let down by law enforcment in the first film) to sit down and have coffee with him.]][[spoiler: Even after she becomes a suspect, he's still being kind and patient with her. His harshest moment with her is sternly warning her not to skip bail.]][[spoiler: Even though she ends up in prison for two years and he ends up having to shoot her, he saves her from life in prison or death row.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Father Dimov meeting Katie while she's rumaging around for food in the church, nicknaming her "Little Mouse", providing her food, clothing and a Bible, and being nothing less than kind and compassionate to her. Moreover, he knows Kirill and implores him to help her.]]
*** [[spoiler: Detective Kirill saving Katie's life after learning the truth, apologizing to her for his screwup and letting her go.]]
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*** [[spoiler: All the moments between Marla and Jennifer. Marla standing up for Jennifer when she's being harassed by Chief. Marla having a drink with Jennifer. Just Marla being buddy-buddy with her and drawing her out of her shell.]][[spoiler: It makes Marla's murder even more tragic.]]
*** [[spoiler: Despite what happens later, Detective [=McDylan=] is quickly established as a kind and caring SVU Detective that genuinely wants to help people. Unlike Bolton's antagonistic approach (meant to get people upset and blurt things out), he is able to get Jennifer Hills of all people (who was utterly let down by law enforcment in the first film) to sit down and have coffee with him.]][[spoiler: Even after she becomes a suspect, he's still being kind and patient with her. His harshest moment with her is sternly warning her not to skip bail.]][[spoiler: Even though she ends up in prison for two years and he ends up having to shoot her, he saves her from life in prison or death row.]]
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