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Pigs
Pigs
	Promotional release poster
Directed by	Marc Lawrence
Written by	Marc Lawrence; Fanya Foss
Produced by	Marc Lawrence; Donald Reynolds
Starring	Toni Lawrence; Marc Lawrence; Jesse Vint; Paul Hickey; Katharine Ross
Cinematography	Irv Goodnoff; Glenn Roland
Edited by	Irv Goodnoff
Music by	Charles Bernstein
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	May 23, 1973;
Running time	80 minutes
Language	English

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Pigs is a 1973 American horror film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Marc Lawrence and currently distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film stars Toni Lawrence as Lynn Hart, an escapee from a mental hospital who meets a man named Zambrini (played by Lawrence), once an ex-circus clown who, after an accidental head injury, was briefly thought to be dead, but miraculously survived. Zambrini now owns a ramshackle motel, diner and pigpen somewhere in California. Lynn takes a job as a waitress at the diner after Zambrini hires her and, soon afterward, kills a lecherous local man who fell for her earlier with a straight razor after she takes him to in her room in the hotel and makes love to him that night, which turns into assault. She does this because doing so reminds her of her sexually abusive father (whom she killed after he raped her one night; this was the incident that drove her insane in the first place). To cover up the murder, Zambrini then chops up the man's corpse with a hatchet and feeds the pieces to his pigs (the pigs have previously become accustomed to eating only human flesh after breaking out of the pigpen one night, then killing and eating a sleeping drunk by taking him unaware and overpowering him by sheer numbers; Zambrini has fed them ever since mostly with corpses he gained illegally by graverobbing cemeteries at night).

Pigs premiered on May 23, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan under the title The Pigs. The film then received a theatrical release in 1984 as Daddy's Deadly Darling, and has been released under a number of other titles since, including Daddy's Girl, The 13th Pig, Blood Pen, The Killer, The Killers, Horror Farm, Roadside Torture Chamber, Lynn Hart, The Strange Love Exorcist, Lynn Hart, the Strange Love Exorcist, The Strange Exorcism of Lynn Hart and The Secret of Lynn Hart.

Cast

Toni Lawrence as Lynn Hart, a.k.a. Lynn Webster
Jesse Vint as Sheriff Dan Cole
Catherine Ross as Miss Macy (credited as Katherine Ross)
Paul Hickey as Ben Sharp
Iris Korn as Annette
Walter Barnes as Doctor
Erik Holland as Hoagy
William Michael as Deputy
Jim Antonio as Jess Winter - Man from Hospital
Bone Adams as Truck Farmer
Larry Hussmann as Gas Attendant
Don Skylar as Oil Worker
Marc Lawrence as Zambrini

Release

Pigs premiered on May 23, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan under the title The Pigs, and according to Lawrence, the distributor offered free bacon to the audience at the event.^[1] In 1977, Donald Reynolds filmed an additional prologue and epilogue for the film that initially played under the title Daddy's Girl.^[1] After shortening the prologue from Reynolds' cut, the film was released theatrically on November 6, 1984 by Aquarius Releasing as Daddy's Deadly Darling.^[1]

Reception

Bill Gibron of DVD Talk wrote that the film "plays like a schizophrenic's version of The Farmer's Almanac", and lamented the lack of "killer swine" in the film.^[2] Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com wrote that the film "isn't the animals-gone-wild adventure it might appear to be", but commended the film for "exploring the destruction of sexual abuse, the pain of isolation, and crumbling of untreated minds."^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ackerman, Bill (May 10, 2016). "Pigs (US DVD/Blu-ray review)". Diabolique Magazine. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ Gibron, Bill (May 18, 2005). "Pigs". DVD Talk. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ Orndorf, Brian (March 19, 2016). "Pigs Blu-ray Review". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

External links

Daddy's Deadly Darling at IMDb
Pigs at Rotten Tomatoes
Pigs at the Troma Entertainment movie database

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[ackerman-1] Ackerman, Bill (May 10, 2016). "Pigs (US DVD/Blu-ray review)". Diabolique Magazine. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[2] Gibron, Bill (May 18, 2005). "Pigs". DVD Talk. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[3] Orndorf, Brian (March 19, 2016). "Pigs Blu-ray Review". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

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-'''''Pigs''''' is a 1973 American [[horror film]] co-written, co-produced, and directed by [[Marc Lawrence]] and currently distributed by [[Troma Entertainment]]. The film stars Toni Lawrence as Lynn Hart, an escapee from a mental hospital who meets a man named Zambrini (played by Lawrence), who was once an ex-trapeze artist who, after an accidental fall, was briefly thought to be dead, but miraculously survived. Zambrini now owns a ramshackle [[motel]], [[café]] and [[pigpen]] somewhere in California. Lynn takes a job as a waitress at the café after Zambrini hires her and, soon afterward, kills a local man who fell for her earlier after she takes him to in her room in the hotel and makes love to him that night. She does this because doing so reminds her of her sexually abusive father (whom she killed after he raped her one night; this was the incident that drove her insane in the first place). To cover up the murder, Zambrini then chops up the man's corpse with a hatchet and feeds the pieces to his pigs (the pigs have previously become accustomed to eating ''only'' human flesh after breaking out of the pigpen one night, then killing and eating a sleeping [[Alcohol intoxication|drunk]] by taking him unaware and overpowering him by sheer numbers; Zambrini has fed them ever since mostly with corpses he gained illegally by graverobbing cemeteries at night).
+'''''Pigs''''' is a 1973 American [[horror film]] co-written, co-produced, and directed by [[Marc Lawrence]] and currently distributed by [[Troma Entertainment]]. The film stars Toni Lawrence as Lynn Hart, an escapee from a mental hospital who meets a man named Zambrini (played by Lawrence), once an ex-circus clown who, after an accidental head injury, was briefly thought to be dead, but miraculously survived. Zambrini now owns a ramshackle [[motel]], [[diner]] and [[pigpen]] somewhere in California. Lynn takes a job as a waitress at the diner after Zambrini hires her and, soon afterward, kills a lecherous local man who fell for her earlier with a straight razor after she takes him to in her room in the hotel and makes love to him that night, which turns into assault. She does this because doing so reminds her of her sexually abusive father (whom she killed after he raped her one night; this was the incident that drove her insane in the first place). To cover up the murder, Zambrini then chops up the man's corpse with a hatchet and feeds the pieces to his pigs (the pigs have previously become accustomed to eating ''only'' human flesh after breaking out of the pigpen one night, then killing and eating a sleeping [[Alcohol intoxication|drunk]] by taking him unaware and overpowering him by sheer numbers; Zambrini has fed them ever since mostly with corpses he gained illegally by graverobbing cemeteries at night).
 ''Pigs'' premiered on May 23, 1973 in [[Detroit, Michigan]] under the title '''''The Pigs'''''. The film then received a theatrical release in 1984 as '''''Daddy's Deadly Darling''''', and has been released under a number of other titles since, including '''''Daddy's Girl''''', '''''The 13th Pig''''', '''''Blood Pen''''', '''''The Killer''''', '''''The Killers''''', '''''Horror Farm''''', '''''Roadside Torture Chamber''''', '''''Lynn Hart''''', '''''The Strange Love Exorcist''''', '''''Lynn Hart, the Strange Love Exorcist''''', '''''The Strange Exorcism of Lynn Hart''''' and '''''The Secret of Lynn Hart'''''.