Rape and revenge

Rape and revenge
Years active	1970s - present
Location	International; started in Sweden and United States
Major figures	I Spit on Your Grave, Irréversible, The Virgin Spring
Influences	European art cinema, Exploitation film
Influenced	Feminist film, New French Extremity

Rape and revenge, or rape-revenge, is a film subgenre characterized by an individual enacting revenge for rape or other sexual acts committed against them. Rape and revenge films are commonly horror films, thrillers, or vigilante films.

Notable for its graphic depiction of violence, rape, torture, and sexual imagery, rape and revenge films have attracted critical attention and controversy, often gaining a cult following and retrospectively associated with the New French Extremity, underground cinema, and arthouse cinema.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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