With the remake train continuing to roll through the film industry, I sometimes wonder what is worse… the big budget Hollywood knock-offs by studios looking to make a quick buck, or the low budget independent knock-offs by unknown filmmakers looking to make a name for themselves. Just last week we reported on the dubious remake of Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space, and now this week we have word of a new take on Meir Zarchi’s cult classic I Spit On Your Grave (aka Day of the Woman).

The original was released in 1978 and caused quite a bit of controversy at the time, being that it is about a woman who is brutally raped and later hunts down and kills her assailants in a variety of violent ways. It has since been found to have some redeeming qualities, particularly from a feminist perspective, and has gone on to influence numerous revenge flicks over the years. Meir Zarchi himself reportedly owned the remake rights to the movie for years, but now it looks like CineTel Films have acquired the rights and are developing a new version for theatrical release.

No word yet on who might direct it, but producer Paul Hertzberg has already referenced some of the recent “torture porn” flicks as an indication of the direction they might take it in: “After seeing what was done with an R-rating on films like Saw and Hostel, we think we can modernize this story, be competitive with what this marketplace expects and not have to aim for an NC-17 or X rating.” The only way I think I’d be interested in this remake is if it had someone like Eli Roth directing it in the first place. There’s only one problem: torture porn is dead!