The remake from Anchor Bay
Riding the remake train into 2010 is Steven Monroe’s I Spit On Your Grave, an update of Meir Zarchi’s reviled, or appreciated (depending on who you talk to), ’70s revenge film also known as Day of the Woman. Production began under the radar in Shreveport, Louisiana and wrapped just prior to Thanksgiving. Monroe is now in post-production for Anchor Bay Entertainment.
A theatrical release is planned but based upon a recent chat with line producer Sarah Donohue, we suspect Monroe’s vision might have some trouble with the MPAA. “We shot four days of graphic gang rape stuff. The director of photography would come out of the day ashen-faced,” she says. “They’re focusing more for the revenge angle this time. There was a shock value to the rape scene in the original, but there’s more shock to the revenge angle here – her anger and how she tortures them.”
Sarah Butler plays the film’s victim/instrument of revenge this time out, taking over for Camille Keaton. Those who remember the original’s vivid kill sequences should expect something different this time out: “We change the kills up a little bit. They take shades of each kill and change them up a little bit.”
Donohue admits to being rattled by some of the assembled footage she’s seen so far. “I saw a quick cut right after she gets raped. It was pretty intense. The lead actress did a really good job. Four days of having to endure a rape sequence. You can’t shoot around it.” She was equally disturbed by some of the locations and their haunting quality. “We were out in Shreveport for a couple of weeks, all practical locations. We found this amazing shack where [Butler] ends up exacting her torture. It was so creepy. We’d walk around and there’s these old children’s shoes around the place.”
No word yet on when we can expect the film but Donohue says, “Anchor Bay’s excited for it.”
Source: Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
