"
Act of Vengeange is an amateurish and (at least in hindsight)
predictable film, but its influence, particularly its critique of a male
justice system, has been extraordinary. It's one of the prototypes
of
Lipstick (1976) [...][with wich] the rape-revenge tradition enters the mainstream"
Carrol J. Clover - Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
So, for purely accademic interest...
