Tag: Rape-revenge
Part 3 – Divine Vengeance In part 1 and part 2, by examining grindhouse classics Last House on the Left (1972), Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973), and I Spit on Your Grave (1978), we traced the mortal evolution of the victim in the rape-revenge genre from a mere plot device for male heroism to a
Part Two: The Rise of the Female Avenger In the previous article of this series, I discussed how early rape-revenge films reflected the idea that sexual violence was a property crime first, with the family being owed a debt from the perpetrator, and second, that the victim’s fate was less important than the honor of