I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		3.5
Overall		3.5

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman November 4, 2021

I Spit on Your Grave manages to be both an unabashed exploitation picture and a rather visceral morality tale, and reactions to the film have often been pretty widely variant depending on which of those two categories any given viewer may feel take precedence. The premise of the film is simple, and disturbing: a young woman named Jennifer Hills (Camille Keaton) has planned a working vacation of sorts in Connecticut, where she is attempting to get some writing done. Instead, she is viciously assaulted (repeatedly) by a gang of backwoods hooligans, and the rest of the film simply documents her well earned revenge.

I Spit on Your Grave received a previous release on Blu-ray from Starz/Anchor Bay. Those wanting a complete plot recap are encouraged to read Martin Liebman's I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray review of that edition. Marty's review is also a good resource for screenshot comparison. If some slightly differently titled supplements are the same (I don't have the Starz/Anchor Bay version to check), it appears that all of the extras from that edition have been ported over to this one, along with a new supplement. In my continuing mantra of "different reviewers means different opinions", some may note I'm evidently not quite the fan of the overall film that Marty is.

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

I Spit on Your Grave is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Ronin Flix with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. The back cover of this release states this features a "new 4K scan from the original camera negative". Judging solely by screenshot comparisons, this release looks a bit darker than the Starz/Anchor Bay, and also looks like it has a more tightly resolved grain field. Aside from the brightness issue, which can inherently skew colors a bit, the palette looks fairly similar between the two releases. Detail levels are routinely very good to excellent throughout this presentation, though there are a couple of scenes, notably a nighttime quasi-camping sequence featuring the men, where the image quality is a bit degraded looking, with a less well suffused palette, and some noticeable crush. In the daytime scenes, things tend to offer secure fine detail levels (some rather disturbing) and an organically resolving grain field. I noticed no major compression issues, and no really huge damage, though there is some minor age related wear and tear that can be spotted along the way. My score is 4.25.

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

I Spit on Your Grave ups the sonic ante from the Starz/Anchor Bay release by offering three audio options, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. There's frankly not a huge difference between any of these three tracks, and so for some the mono track should suffice perfectly well, though both the 2.0 stereo and 5.1 tracks can at least intermittently open things up in terms of both underscore and (especially) ambient environmental sounds, since so much of the film takes place out of doors. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout, and I noticed no issues whatsoever with regard to any damage. Optional English subtitles are available.

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This release ports over all of the supplements from the old Starz/Anchor Bay edition. More details can be found in Marty's review, linked to above.

• Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Meir Zarchi


• Audio Commentary with Film Critic Joe Bob Briggs


• The Values of Vengeance: Meir Zarchi Remembers I Spit on Your Grave (SD; 29:01)


• Locations of I Spit on Your Grave* (HD; 11:08) is a newly done featurette with some amusing anecdotes and interviews.


• Alternate Opening Titles (HD; 00:16)


• Theatrical Trailers (HD; 6:22)


• TV Spots (HD; 1:39)


• Radio Spots (HD; 1:15)


• Rare Photos From Set (HD; 9:32)


• Still Gallery (HD; 1:51)

Trailers (480p): Day of the Woman (2:41), Day of the Woman -- Spanish (3:23), I Spit On Your Grave #1 (2:55), and I Spit on Your Grave #2 (2:58). TV Spots (480p): Day of the Woman (0:37), I Spit on Your Grave #1 (0:30), and I Spit on Your Grave #2 (0:30). Radio Spots (1080p): Day of the Woman #1 (0:31), Day of the Woman #2 (0:29), and Day of the Woman #3 (0:29). Poster & Still Gallery (1080p).

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

I Spit on Your Grave is a film that perhaps plays on the dialectic between a viewer getting some arguably prurient thrills from the sexual assault angle while simultaneously being able to feel "good" (?) about it since the horribly abused heroine is able to deliver some comeuppance. This edition boasts solid technical merits and good supplements. With content caveats duly noted, for the strong of heart if not for the public at large, I Spit on Your Grave comes Recommended.