Pigs (1973 film)

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, an escapee from a mental hospital who meets a man named Zambrini (played by Lawrence), who owns a pigpen. Lynn starts killing men who remind her of her abusive father, whom she killed after he raped her, and Zambrini feeds the remains to his pigs.

Pigs
Promotional release poster
Directed byMarc Lawrence
Produced byMarc Lawrence
Donald Reynolds
Written byMarc Lawrence
Fanya Foss
StarringToni Lawrence
Marc Lawrence
Jesse Vint
Paul Hickey
Katharine Ross
Music byCharles Bernstein
CinematographyIrv Goodnoff
Glenn Roland
Edited byIrv Goodnoff
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • May 23, 1973 (1973-05-23)
Running time
80 minutes
LanguageEnglish

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 The 13th Pig, Blood Pen, The Killer, Horror Farm, and Roadside Torture Chamber.

Cast
  • Toni Lawrence as Lynn Hart
  • 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
  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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