Demi Moore was in this movie and you didn’t know it

In the late 70s, a film was born that would forever be a subject of controversy. women’s daywhich we also know under the titles I Spit on Your Grave or an eye for an eye belongs to the subgenre Rape and revenge : Color is declared.

This subgenre is obviously very often censored – think “Last House on the Left” to get an idea – and I spit on your grave was no exception to the rule as one of the pioneering films in the field. Directed by Meir Zarch, who came up with the idea for his project after helping a woman who had been raped by two strangers wandering the streets of New York naked, the film was banned in several countries, sometimes for years, until a version stripped of certain elements was authorized. : This was the case in the United Kingdom, where it was banned from 1984 until 2001 when a refined version was broadcast, and the same in Canada until 1998. United States, director Meir Zarch He had to cut 17 minutes of his film so that it would not be X-rayed.

Of course, in terms of distribution, no one dared, so Zarchi tried to release his project under the first name. women’s day. He will also produce the 2010 remake.

To remind you, the film tells the story of Jennifer, a young and beautiful writer who is isolated in a chalet to write her new novel. If he was expecting a peaceful retirement, this is a nightmare that actually awaits him. Raped and tortured by a group of completely twisted individuals with unparalleled cruelty and depravity, she was left for dead. His revenge will be merciless.

You get the idea, the shocking film is still so today with its crude – and very realistic – depiction of sexual violence, filmed at length and objectively, we must admit, traumatic.

And Demi Moore in all of this?

This is the long-speculated poster featuring the legendary actor in the controversial film.

Here’s the poster we know below: it shows a woman from behind, visibly assaulted, covered in scratches and bruises, with torn clothes, holding a large hunting knife. The visuals are strong and leave little to the imagination.

And even though we don’t see her face, the worst rumors of the 80s suggested that the body belonged to Demi Moore, not lead actress Camille Keaton. If this turns out to be true, it would be a photo taken before the actor saw his career out: things were a bit far-fetched and still…

The poster above dates from 1980, two years after the film’s release, when it was remastered for its VHS release. Finally in 2019 we will know the truth. yes Demi Moore wrote in his autobiography under the title inside out : This is him on the poster.

Charles Band, the B-movie producer and director and founder of American VHS brand Wizard Video (later Full Moon Features), who was responsible for releasing the project, didn’t even know it was him in 1980. He learned this in two years. Later, when he was working Demi Moore On the set of Parasite:Don’t tell anyone, but it’s me on the poster…– he whispered when he saw the poster in his office.

in his autobiography, Demi Moore revealed how he came to pose for the photo: a shocking discovery, like the subject of the film. Raped at the age of 15 by a man who paid her mother $500 for this disgusting act, she left her family the following year and moved to Los Angeles, where she posed naked for Japanese magazines to survive, lying about her age: how she posed for this photo. It was only later that she began her modeling career before becoming an actress.