Pigs (1973 film)
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| 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 |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Language | English |
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 owns a diner and a pigpen. Lynn starts killing men after making love to them because they remind her of her abusive father (whom she killed after he raped her) and Zambrini feeds the remains to his pigs (who have become accustomed to eating only human flesh after breaking out of the pigpen one night and killing and eating a sleeping drunk by taking him unaware and overpowering him by sheer numbers).
Pigs premiered on May 23, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan under the title The Pigs. The film 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, Horror Farm, and Roadside Torture Chamber.
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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