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By Kat Halstead
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Shockingly bad sequel to violent rape-revenge franchise.
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I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu
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What's the Story?
In I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: DEJA VU, Jennifer (Camille Keaton) is living a happier life after the trauma of the attack she experienced back in 1978. Having written a book on her experiences, she finds herself in the public eye and on the radar of her attacker's family members, led by bitter matriarch Becky (Maria Olsen). Determined to seek their own vengeance, the group kidnap Jennifer and her daughter Christy (Jamie Bernadette) and there's a sense of deja vu when they're both brutally attacked. Can they end the cycle of violence once and for all?
Is It Any Good?
At nearly two and a half hours, this movie has no business being anywhere near as long as it is, and there's very little to like here. Original writer-director Meir Zarchi returns, which may be enough to pull in some fans to watch I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, but he only serves to take the franchise back to everything that was wrong in the first place. Zarchi ignores the previous sequels and returns to the sense of exploitation, with extended scenes of full female nudity, a terrible script, hammy acting, and low production values. Considering the resourcefulness the character of Jennifer showed in the original, she's rendered fairly useless this time around, and the film loses track of the whole point of the franchise in the way the plot develops. One playful over-the-shoulder shot is the only moment of fleeting interest, but the remainder of the film plays out at such a laborious pace, there's barely a sense of threat, even as it's punctuated with the requisite gore. This is by far the worst film in the series, and that really is saying something.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the depiction of sexual violence in I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu. Was it necessary, important, and/or exploitative? Does exposure to violent media desensitize kids to violence?
Discuss the strong language used. Did it seem necessary or excessive? What did it contribute to the movie?
Discuss the character of Jennifer. Did you think bringing back the central character from the 1978 original added to the franchise? How did the movie treat her plot line? How did the events of the original film affect her as an older adult?
What other horror franchises have gone back to legacy characters and original storylines later on in the franchise? How do they compare? What do you think is the appeal of revisiting these things and what might the dangers be?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : April 23, 2019
- Cast : Camille Keaton , Jamie Bernadette , Maria Olsen
- Director : Meir Zarchi
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s) , Multiracial Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : Deja Vu (llc)
- Genre : Horror
- Run time : 148 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 11, 2025
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