Well Kiddies another Halloween season has come and gone and
we find ourselves in a bleak November watching the three ring circus that we
call the 2016 Presidential Campaign and well as I find myself finishing up the last of my pumpkin ale and
editing the footage that I shot this past season and I decided to check out
some of the new releases that I have missed over the past month.
I am a frequent follower of I Spit on Your Grave, The
Remakes as well as the follow ups to the remakes.
Now I don’t Consider I Spit on Your Grave 2 to be a sequel
considering that it has no characters in this flick than in the first film or
neither does it mention the events from the film either.
With the upcoming sequel to the original Déjà vu with Camille
Keaton returning as Jennifer Hill and Meir Zarchi's direction that is now currently in Post Production which
I have to say that I am in fact looking forward to that flick.
That being said I Spit on your Grave 3 definitely came in
under my Radar and it is in fact a sequel to I spit on your Grave (2010) with
Sarah Butler reprising her version of Jennifer Hill. I find it interesting that
this flick has been released with all of the hype surrounding the sequel for
the original and this outing is helmed by a different director R.D. Braunstein however Zarchi remains on as a producer.
Now as I stated earlier in my review of the remake that
Camille and Sarah’s performances were different and both characters went into
different directions and that does come into play here in this flick.
Taking place years after the events of the 2010 film Jennifer
Hills has changed her name to Angela and is in therapy trying to come to grips with
her experiences. Angela is haunted by flashbacks and the thoughts and fantasies
of murdering men that she encounters leads her to the decision to join a
support group for the survivors of sexual assault.
Soon after her first group session she makes a friend in
Marla, played by Jennifer Landon (Michael’s Daughter). Soon Jennifer and Angela are “Terrorizing”
many men that they encounter from a drunk in a bar to the stepfather of one of
the other members of their group feeling that the law is refusing to help the
victims of sexual assault and the members range from a young woman being
molested by her stepfather and a man who’s daughter was assaulted and the perpetrator
was released on a technicality resulting in her suicide.
Eventually Marla is murdered by her ex-boyfriend and
Jennifer/Angela feels that the police are going to do nothing about the crime
and once again takes justice into her own hands and soon there after begins to
become the executioner for the assailants for the others in her support group
attracting the attention of the police detectives.
Now some of my Horror reviewing brethren have already placed
reviews for this film stating reviews in the negative due to the slasher feel
in the second half but I liked that aspect of the film as it made me feel that
I was watching a female version of Death Wish 2 just with knives in the place
of Guns.
Jennifer is able to use seduction to entice the men into
some of the compromising positions to gain the advantage however this does not
always work in the flick but I feel that it helps the film in giving it a
feeling of reality and vulnerability for the direction the character to take.
Now I have to talk about that side of the character as at
times I felt that I was watching a remake of Ms.45 as like the character in
that film Jennifer begins to see evil in the face of every man that she sees
and soon begins to target them and I was almost thinking that she was going to
don a Nun costume instead of a tight red dress. Luckily the film while taking
us on that direction that is not the destination that we arrive at for the
character.
Like the second film in this series and unlike the 1978
original and it’s 2010 Counterpart I liked the fact that there were male
characters that were in fact not sleezy or rapists and were both while trying
to help our Fatale in lending support in either legal or emotional capacities.
Now the kills were of all kinds of awesome! I can see where
many will consider them to be all too graphic I have to point out that this is
the era of torture porn and the Human Centipede so I have to admit that I have seen worse and
they are appealing to the sadistic crowd but it is not like the characters are
all to innocent either.
As I stated earlier this film had more of a Death Wish feel
than any real horror feel to it and I like that aspect to the film. And is definitely
worth a look for fans of this particular subgenre but for the others I say go
easy on the film and watch a lighter film as your follow up.
5 Dead Bodies
9 Imaginary Dead Bodies
1 Breast (flashback
scene)
4 Beasts
Penis stabbing, slicing and chomping,
Lead pipe to the anus with a sledge hammer
Stabbing
Shooting
Bashing
Gratuitous testicular tasering
Kudos to Sarah Butler for returning to the role
2 ½ Stars
Check it out
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