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, 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 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

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. In 1977, Donald Reynolds filmed an additional prologue and epilogue for the film that initially played under the title Daddy's Girl. After shortening the prologue from Reynolds' cut, the film was released theatrically on November 6, 1984 by Aquarius Releasing as Daddy's Deadly Darling.

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. 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."