Line #26 Trivia/ISpitOnYourGrave


1	* ActorInspiredElement:
2	** The four male actors offered to appear [[MaleFrontalNudity nude in the film]] to show solidarity with Camille Keaton - who would be spending most of the film without clothes on.
3	** Camille Keaton suggested that Jennifer say "[[PreMortemOneLiner suck it, bitch]]" to Stanley as a MeaningfulEcho to what he said in the rape scene.
4	* AlanSmithee: On the 2010 remake; the screenwriter - future ''LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek'' regular Sam Rockoff, is credited as Stuart Morse.
5	* BannedInChina: Many nations refused to issue the movie.
6	* CastTheExpert: Gunter Kleemann already knew how to use a motorboat when he was cast as Andy, and he also improvised the boat frequently tipping up in the air while it was zooming past Jennifer to symbolise [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the men getting a "hard on" for her]]. He also taught Camille Keaton how to use it for the final scene.
7	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Known in France as ''Œil pour œil'' ("An eye for an eye"), probably to avoid confusion with the completely unrelated Boris Vian's novel ''I Spit on Your Graves'' or its movie adaptation.
8	** Argentina: ''Take Revenge''
9	** Brazil: ''Jennifer's Revenge'' (original), ''Sweet Revenge'' (remake)
10	** Greece: ''Wild Day''
11	** Italy: ''Don't Rape Jennifer''
12	** Japan: ''Estrus Animal''
13	** Portugal: ''Raped Woman''
14	** Spain: ''The Violence of Sex''
15	* CreatorBacklash:
16	** Eron Tabor (real name Ron Shetler) who played Johnny has admitted that he can't watch his own performance back and the backlash from it, as well as people [[ButIPlayOneOnTV assuming he was just like his character]] meant he quit acting. While he agreed to be interviewed for the ''Growing Up With I Spit On Your Grave'' documentary, he's said he wouldn't want his children seeing the film.
17	** Camille Keaton was initially shocked by the negative backlash, but chose to be proud of the film over the years after being thanked by many survivors of sexual assault who found it cathartic, and she has stood by it ever since.
18	--> "The first film was inspired by true events after Meir Zarchi rescued a woman who'd been raped, so I don't think it's exploitative, it's empowering to women. That's what I love about Meir's work, it doesn't glamorise anything and even the grittiness of the cinematography shows the tone of what's happened. Statistics show that in the United States 1 in 5 women have been raped, so the truth is that it's a very real and worldwide issue. Most of us know someone who's been affected. When a movie takes on a subject like this, I think it's very brave."
19	* CreatorBreakdown: A crew member quit during filming of the second rape scene, unable to stomach the violence. The make-up artist likewise quit halfway through - as she'd suffered a gang rape in the past and couldn't bear to relive the horror again.
20	* EnforcedMethodActing:
21	** Eron Tabor bought a pair of boots that were a size too big and cut the heels out of them to give Johnny a lumbering walk. He also smoked cigars to make his voice deeper.
22	** When Jennifer is running through the swamp and bumps into Johnny, Camille Keaton wasn't expecting Eron Tabor to jump out at her, so her surprised "oh!" is genuine.
23	** In the original, the real reason Matthew's hanging death throes look so realistic was because the actor was scared to death of heights and having a panic attack.
24	** Johnny's realistic jump of shock when Jennifer shoots the ground in front of him was accomplished by having a firecracker placed a few inches away from Eron Tabor, so that he actually jumped when it went off.
25	** Andy and Stanley's terror in the climactic motor boat scene was enhanced by the fact that the water had become cold by the end of the shoot, and the actors were freezing. Anthony Nichols was also genuinely afraid that Camille Keaton would accidentally hit him while driving the boat, and she recalls him panicking during lunch that day and begging her to practice using the boat some more.
26	* ExecutiveMeddling: The title being changed to 'I Spit On Your Grave' and the sexualized poster were mandated by the distributor, to the filmmakers' dismay.
27	* HeyItsThatPlace: ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' was filmed in the same location two years later.
28	* MethodActing:
29	** Camille Keaton was supposed to share a room with a makeup artist during filming, but asked if she could have a room on her own so that she could properly simulate Jennifer's feeling of isolation.
30	** Eron Tabor came up with a whole backstory for Johnny - he was a Vietnam veteran who had done horrible things in the war [[EvilFeelsGood and found that he liked them]] - and he was bored with civilian life. He wore a Marine cap and bought overalls to simulate something that could have been a uniform.
31	* TheMockbuster: [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3492412/reference A Turkish rape-revenge movie made one year later]] is known in some circles as "Turkish ''I Spit On Your Grave''".
32	* MoneyDearBoy: An extremely downplayed example. Terry Zarchi joked that he had to be bribed $10 to appear as Johnny's son.
33	* NoStuntDouble: The production couldn't afford any stunt people, so all the actors did their own.
34	* OnSetInjury: Gunter Kleemann injured his back with all the thrusting he did during the part where Jennifer is raped on top of the rock, and had trouble walking for three days afterwards.
35	* OneTakeWonder: Gunter Kleemann was often nicknamed "One Take Gunter" because he'd often get things done perfectly on the first take.
36	* TheOtherMarty: Another actress was cast in the small role of Johnny's wife, but she fell ill on the day she was needed, and couldn't travel from New York. Alexis Magnotti was the film's script supervisor and she was able to step in at the last minute, and was able to work with the children because they knew her already.
37	* RealLifeRelative:
38	** Johnny's children, seen when his wife is berating Stanley and Andy, are played by Meir Zarchi's son and daughter, Terry and Tammy. Terry would go on to produce a documentary about the film forty years later, titled ''Growing Up With I Spit On Your Grave''. The two would reprise their roles in ''Deja Vu''.
39	** Meir Zarchi's wife Janice also appears in the supermarket packing groceries in a scene.
40	* RealitySubtext: Zarchi (the director) was inspired to create this film after helping a rape victim to the police and was appalled by how unsympathetic an officer [[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20579 acted toward the victim]].
41	* RomanceOnTheSet: Meir Zerchi left his wife for Camille Keaton, and they married, but divorced in 1982.
42	* SafeWord: In the remake, according to Creator/JeffBranson (Johnny), there was an "out word" in case things got too intense for Sarah Butler (Jennifer), though it was never actually used.
43	* SheAlsoDid: The woman in the famous poster? That's a pre-fame Creator/DemiMoore! She confirmed this in her autobiography; she was working as a nude model at the time, and producer Charles Band thought Camille Keaton was "too thin" for the new poster - so he had Demi model for it, since she was starring in his film ''Parasite''.
44	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Unrelated with ''I Spit on Your Graves'', a French 1946 crime novel written by Boris Vian.
45	* ThrowItIn:
46	** The setting came from visiting cinematographer Yuri Haviv's summer home in Connecticut, and Meir Zarchi decided to have Jennifer be a writer staying in the woods to get inspiration. The house is the one used in the film.
47	** Gunter Kleemann turned up to set with suspenders on, and Meir Zarchi told him to wear them in every scene to distinguish his character from the others.
48	** Johnny's son can be seen frequently pulling up his pants, which Terry Zarchi admitted was something he did when he was nervous.
49	** Camille Keaton ad-libbed Jennifer saying "do I?" in response to Johnny saying she has a "sick sense of humour".
50	* WagTheDirector:
51	** Meir Zarchi wanted a shot after Andy sodomises Jennifer for her to fall off the rock and flop against a tree. Camille Keaton's emotions were already running high after the scene she just filmed and refused, going to a nearby equipment van and breaking a couple of things, before returning and telling Meir Zarchi to demonstrate exactly what he wanted. The director stripped down to his underwear and performed the movement, and so Camille agreed to do one take of it.
52	** Jamie Bernadette agreed to appear nude in ''Deja Vu'' on the condition that the male actors, Jeremy Feldman and Jonathan Peacy, also do so. Both agreed.
53	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
54	** The first draft of the screenplay had the WorkingTitle 'The Housatonic Revenge', with Meir Zarchi writing under the [[MoustacheDePlume female pseudonym]] 'Linda Sommers' (feeling no one would question a woman writing such a story). As a result, at many convention appearances, he was constantly asked about this Linda Sommers and whether she'd give interviews.
55	** The movie was filmed under the title ''Day of the Woman'', while also being shown under ''I Hate Your Guts'' and ''The Rape and Revenge of Jennifer Hill''. ''I Spit on Your Grave'' first got used for the 1980 re-release. While Meir Zarchi acknowledges the title made it a controversial success, he insists that ''Day of the Woman'' be attached to all [=DVDs=] and posters.
56	** There was intended to be music, but Meir Zarchi couldn't find anything suitable - so the film has no soundtrack.
57	** References to anal rape had to be removed before the MPAA would approve the film.

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