The title says it all...
If you love revenge, guts, and 70s porn....this film is for you! This Swedish pulp/horror/porn flick begins with our main girl, Frigga, both eyes intact...Frigga is basically mute because of emotional trauma of being raped when she was younger. She misses the bus to speech therapy classes, and catches a ride with a rich, suave, handsome gentleman, Tony. He takes her out, drugs her, and keeps her imprisoned in his gorgeous home...similar to an Ikea catalogue. He forces her to be a prostitute for him, and drugs her with heroine so she can become an addict and dependent on him, hence making it even more difficult for her to leave. After scratching her clients face, Tony teaches poor Frigga a lesson by taking out one of her eyes. After finding out that Tony had written a fake letter to her worried parents stating that she hated their guts and was never coming home, both parents committed suicide and then finding out that her prostitute friend was killed by Tony, "One Eye" decides to get her revenge.
Saving up every penny she earns she secretly takes courses in offensive driving, martial arts, shooting, and more, until she becomes confident enough to whoop some pimp daddy ass.
I really enjoyed this film. I can see how it inspired many many films such as "I Spit On Your Grave" and "Kill Bill". Even the art direction and color palettes (yellow and black) of "Kill Bill" was reminiscent of "They Call Her One Eye". One thing I can't get over is the porn sequences. Full on penises going into vaginas, and even a few love squirts. At times I forgot I was watching an actual film.
I hope one day they make a criterion collection of this.
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