| Savage Vengeance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Donald Farmer |
| Produced by | Barney Griner |
| Written by | Donald Farmer |
| Starring | Camille Keaton Donald Farmer Melissa Moore |
| Music by | Perry Monroe |
| Cinematography | Donald Farmer |
| Editing by | Donald Farmer |
| Studio | Tapeworm |
| Distributed by | Eden Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 27 October 1993 |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Savage Vengeance is a 1993 American slasher-rape and revenge film, that served as an unofficial sequel to the controversial 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave, with Camille Keaton under the alias "Vickie Lahl" reprising her role as vengeful rape victim, Jennifer Hills.[1] No scenes from the first movie were used. New footage was used for flashbacks.
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Five years ago, Jennifer Hills was brutally raped by four men, after two weeks of recovery Jennifer gets revenge and brutally kills them. Jennifer was never charged for the crime and claimed she did not kill in self defense but in retribution. Now, Jennifer is in law school and decides to skip her law school final with her friend Sam to a secluded cottage. Jennifer and Sam stop at a gas station where Sam befriends a local man, Dwayne Chesney. Later that day Sam wanders off and is then raped and killed by Dwayne and his buddy Tommy. Worried, Jennifer searches for Sam and finds Dwayne, who claims to know where Sam is. Jennifer is then brought back to Dwayne's cottage where she finds Sam dead. Jennifer then attempts to escape. She doesn't make it, she is raped in the woods and stabbed, left for dead. Jennifer survives and is once again seeking revenge. She finds Dwayne, she chases him through the woods and Dwayne gives up, Jennifer slices his face with a chainsaw and then goes off to find Tommy. Tommy is still at Dwayne's cottage treating Sam's body as if it was still alive, where he is interrupted by Jennifer. Tommy tries to run off but Jennifer threatens him with a rifle. Tommy then tries to convince Jennifer not to kill him. Jennifer then shoots Tommy in the testicles and walks off leaving Tommy for dead like Dwayne and Tommy did to her.
The film was supposedly shot in 1988, but not released until 1993, this explains the somewhat dated look to the film and sound of its score. Not much is known about how the film came about, but it is well known that the production was a troubled affair. The film was shot on video with a low budget.
The film's star, Camille Keaton, refuses to speak of the film or its production. Her reasons for this haven't been made clear, but it has been rumored that she left the set before the end of the production, hence the film's abrupt end. Her only reference to appearing in the film came at a horror convention in 2005, when asked by a fan to explain her involvement in the movie, she replied: "I'm sorry, I can't speak about that."
Rumors indicate that the film was shot as a sequel to I Spit on Your Grave without legal rights and this led to legal trouble for five years. The film was altered taking out any references to the original film, re-edited and then finally released quietly in 1993 as Savage Vengeance. Director Donald Farmer still denies these claims but some people speculate he is legally unable to talk about it.
During an audio interview for DVD Monthly in 2005, Meir Zarchi director of I Spit On Your Grave spoke about the film and Camille Keaton's involvement. He told of Keaton calling him in tears, explaining she had walked off set and apologized to him for getting involved with the film. He recalled Keaton calling him from "somewhere in the mid-west", giving an idea of where the movie was shot.[2]
The audio interview with Zarchi is included as a special feature on the 2005 Millennium Edition DVD of I Spit On Your Grave.[3] Zarchi maintains he has never seen the film.
Although the film was marketed in some territories as the sequel to I Spit On Your Grave, it is commonly thought that this was the initial idea and not only came about to capitalize on Keaton's involvement in the production.[4]
A region-free DVD was released on October 31, 2000.[5] Alternative titles include I Spit on Your Grave 2: Savage Vengeance, I Will Dance on Your Grave: Savage Vengeance and Return to the Grave.