Savage Vengeance
| Savage Vengeance | |
|---|---|
 DVD release poster | |
| Directed by | Donald Farmer |
| Produced by | Barney Griner |
| Written by | Donald Farmer |
| Starring |
Vickie Kehl James Cochran Melissa Moore |
| Music by | Perry Monroe |
| Cinematography | Donald Farmer |
| Edited by | Donald Farmer |
Production company |
Tapeworm |
| Distributed by | Eden Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Savage Vengeance is a 1993 American slasher-rape and revenge film written and directed by Donald Farmer. It stars Camille Keaton, under the alias "Vickie Kehl".
Plot
A woman named Jennifer Hills is raped and left for dead by four men. She later hunts them down and kills them all. Five years later, Jennifer is in law school and decides to take a vacation with her friend Sam. When they stop for gas, Sam is harassed by a strange man named Tommy, who had previously murdered a woman who spurned his advances. Tommy is brushed off by another man named Dwayne, who playfully flirts with Sam. When Jen and Sam arrive at their cabin, Sam takes a walk and finds a cottage. When she goes in, Dwayne attacks and rapes her before Tommy stabs her to death.
The next day, Jennifer goes back to the gas station, where Dwayne and Tommy tell her where Sam is. They take her to the cabin, where she sees Sam's corpse. Jennifer runs away, but Dwayne catches her and rapes her. Tommy then stabs Jennifer, leaving her for dead. After the men leave, Jennifer gets up, finds a car, and drives away. A little while later at the gas station, the sheriff questions Dwayne and Tommy about the missing women, but they deny everything. After this, Dwayne takes a walk in the woods and is attacked by Jennifer, who slices his head in half with a chainsaw. She then tracks down Tommy and shoots him in the groin with a shotgun and walks away, leaving Tommy to die in agony.
Cast
- Camille Keaton as Jennifer. Keaton is credited as "Vicki Kehl".
- James Cochran as Rapist
- Bill Gatson as Rapist
- George Maranville as Rapist
- Mike Smith as Rapist
- Jamie Peak as Girl in Bar
- Donald Farmer as Tommy
- Melissa Moore as Singer
- Robin Sinclair as Law Professor
- Jill Harris as Student
- Tom Gibson as Student
- Tanya Simpson as Student
- Linda Lyer as Sam
- Phil Newman as Dwayne Chesney
- Bill Sweeney as Manny
- Brenda Gilbert as Customer
- Jane Clark as Clerk
- Jack Clout as Sheriff
- Bill Wilson as Deputy
- Jack Kent as Bulldog
- Shelia Allison as Waitress
- Sherry Mosherry as Dead Girl
Production
The film was supposedly shot in 1988, but not released until 1993. The film was shot on video with an extremely 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."
The film was shot as a presumed sequel to I Spit on Your Grave without legal rights and this led to legal trouble for five years. Director of I Spit on Your Grave Meir Zarchi allegedly sued Farmer, and the result was that the character of Jennifer's last name was removed from the film (when another character said her last name, it was dubbed over or removed).
The film was altered taking out any references to the original film, re-edited and then finally released in 1993 as Savage Vengeance. Director Donald Farmer still denies these claims.
During an audio interview for DVD Monthly in 2005, Zarchi spoke about the film and Camille Keaton's involvement. He told of Keaton calling him in tears, explaining she had walked off the 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.[1]
The audio interview with Zarchi is included as a special feature on the 2005 Millennium Edition DVD of I Spit on Your Grave.[2] 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 thought that this was the initial idea and only came about to capitalize on Keaton's involvement in the production.[3]
Release
A region-free DVD was released on October 31, 2000.[4] Alternative titles include I Spit on Your Grave 2: Savage Vengeance, I Will Dance on Your Grave: Savage Vengeance and Return to the Grave.
In 2013 a special edition DVD was released by Massacre Video, including a rare interview with actress Camille Keaton.