According to Variety, CineTel Films has acquired rights to remake "I Spit on Your Grave," the 1978 female revenge film directed by Meir Zarchi that was reviled for its depiction of sex and violence.
In the original, a woman is abducted, brutally attacked and raped and then left for dead. She survives, hunts her attackers and dispatches them in graphic ways.
Another 70's shock film, the second after Wes Craven's "Last House on the Left," to get the remake treatment recently. Production on the "Last House" remake has wrapped, seemingly just in time for this project to get underway, filling a void only seen in the minds of Hollywood producers for ultra-violent, pointless remakes.
One hopes that CineTel treats this project with care and doesn't crank it out like it sometimes appears they crank out cheapo monster films for The Sci-Fi Channel. It's not like they'll need a large budget so it fits with their affordability model. Not only that, given its surely low budget, it is almost guaranteed to make them money. Therefore, can't say it's not a smart business decision. However, it remains to be seen whether it is going to be a film worth the attention of horror fans. We can only hope.
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