

And when I saw her it was exactly the way the make-up looked, expression for expression as we see it in the original film after the second rape in the film. My daughter said, “Daddy, daddy, she’s naked.” And I said, “What? What are you talking about?” and she said, “There, there’s a naked girl!” And I turned to the right passenger window and looked out and I saw her. As we were driving through the park, my daughter was in the back seat. And we cut through the park to get to the high school. We hopped into his car and took a shortcut to get to the high school where the running track was. And my daughter was 8 years old at the time and she said, “Daddy, daddy can I come?” So I said, “Sure, ok, come on.” As we went into my friend’s car by the way his name was Alex Pfau, he is the gentleman who put together all of the sound effects of the movie.

So he said, “Why don’t we go jogging instead?” And I don’t do that. Very briefly, it was 1974 and a good friend of mine came to my home to play tennis with me but the tennis court was wet. I’ll probably be doing this throughout our whole conversation, but I do describe it extensively in the audio commentary in the new release of the DVD.

MEIR ZARCHI (MZ): Well, that would probably take up all of the time we have here. Here’s what he had to say about his film, his dislike of the title, and his plans for a sequel to I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE!!!ĪMBUSH BUG (BUG): Meir, can you tell me a little bit about how you came up with the idea for I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE? Zarchi seemed like a great guy in my phone conversation with him a few days ago, a true class act. It’s funny that the nicest folks can come up with some of the most horrifying stuff. Make / Remake: I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978 & 2010)Īnd finally…Gasp at the true horror of spittin’ John & June!Īmbush Bug here with an interview with the original I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE director Meir Zarchi. With Meir Zarchi, director of the original! (Click title to go directly to the feature) I know Monday isn’t our normal day for AICN HORROR, but I’ve got a special column to commemorate the release of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE and its remake on BluRay & DVD this Tuesday that couldn’t wait.Enjoy! So look for AICN HORROR: ZOMBIES & SHARKS every Friday for the foreseeable future, horror hounds, where we’ll be covering horror in all forms retro, indie, mainstream, old and new. Now if you’ve ever had those fears or fears like them, inspired mainly by nights upon nights of watching films of the frightening kind, this is the place for you. It’s the reason I have an escape plan from my apartment just in case of a zombie apocalypse. It’s the reason I rarely swim in the ocean. Why ZOMBIES & SHARKS? Well, those are the two things that I’ve had the most nightmares about. Ambush Bug here with another AICN HORROR: ZOMBIES & SHARKS column.
