Fifteen years after gracing us with her presence in I Spit on Your Grave, Camille Keaton returned to the small screen to do Savage Vengeance, a low budget film written and directed by Donald Farmer (Demon Queen, Cannibal Hookers).
While getting some R&R by the waterside, four dudes see an opportunity to take what isn’t theirs, leaving Jennifer violated and humiliated. Five years later, we see her revenge through flashbacks, and a jaunt into the woods becomes another nightmare, as her friend gets raped and killed by a couple of creeps, and not much later, she's terrorized too.
As with many low budget films, the acting and dialog are horrible, and is often drowned out by the music, which is looped and tiresome. Not to mention, rape/revenge flicks come a dime a dozen, yet they're still a very popular subgenre, evident by the remake of I Spit on Your Grave in 2010, which tended to cater more toward the new horror watcher and fans of the SAW franchise. Not one I personally cared for, as it felt like a watered down version of the original, even with the more extreme torture scenes.
As for Savage Vengeance, it’s not a great movie either, but did bring a smirk with the misspelled title screen, and nice to see Camille’s upper assets still looking quite perky. The simulated rape scenes were quite laughable in that you can clearly see her pants are still on, buttoned, and zipped, so the dudes were really just air humping her jeans.
This was intended to be a sequel and often billed as ISOYG 2, but doesn’t compliment it the least bit. I’ve heard that Camille has denounced it, and she even went by the alias Vickie Lahl/Lehl/Kehl to act in it. But, it does remain a must-own for DIY/SOV completists.
Originally released by Magnum Video in 1992, then onto DVD in 2000 by Eden Pictures as part of their I Will Dance on Your Grave series, which is now out-of-print. But, within the last year, it was re-released on VHS by The Uneasy Archive, limited to 23 copies, plus an exclusive version given away on Freddy In Space, and now, Massacre Video will release their DVD, VHS, and DVD hardbox over the next month or so. The VHS is limited to 100 copies and available now.
Miss Keaton is still active in film, recently being in Toe Tag Picture’s Sella Turcica, and helping to promote it by making appearances at conventions and screenings. She also has a spot in Rob Zombie’s Lords of Salem, but according to IMDb, the scenes were deleted from the theatrical version, so we may have to wait to get a glimpse when it hits YouTube or video.
I got the honor of meeting her at Texas Frightmare one year, where I had her sign a picture for a friend. Mind you, it was one of the nudie pics from her table, and she was very nice, appreciative, and not the least bit bashful.
So, run over to the Massacre Video Facebook page to keep up-to-date on the latest Savage Vengeance happenings.
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