‘Pigs eat anything… even evidence!’
Pigs is a 1973 horror film about the owner of a roadside diner and his new waitress who kill people and feed them to a pen of twelve pigs.
The movie was produced and directed by Marc Lawrence. produced and directed by Marc Lawrence from a screenplay co-written with his screenwriter wife Fanya Foss [they are collectively credited as F.A. Ross].
It has also been released as The Pigs, Blood Pen, Daddy’s Deadly Darling, Daddy’s Girl, Horror Farm, The 13th Pig, The Killer, The Killers. Roadside Torture Chamber, Lynn Hart; Love Exorcist, Lynn Hart: The Strange Exorcism of Lynn Hart; The Strange Love Exorcist; The Secret of Lynn Hart; The Strange Love Exorcist and possibly other titles too!
The movie stars Lawrence’s daughter Toni plus Jesse Vint and Catherine Ross. It features a score by Charles Bernstein (A Nightmare on Elm Street).
Plot:
Lynn Webster (Toni Lawrence) is an escapee from a mental hospital who takes refuge in a local farm inhabited by Mr Zambrini and his pack of flesh-eating pigs. When Lynn starts killing people who remind her of her abusive father, Zambrini feeds the remains to his sadistic sows. However, law enforcement starts to catch up with the two of them…
“Pigs, a love story in case you’re wondering, is a marvellously strange and absorbing film […] Alright, so there’s little in the way of action, but the absence of a forward-driving narrative is an essential part of the fun: Pigs doesn’t fly; it floats. There’s a muted psychedelic feel to the film – you feel kind of stoned watching it…” Steve Thrower, Nightmare USA book
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Trailer:
Watch the amazing Love Exorcist trailer on YouTube
Charles Bernstein’s soundtrack score:
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Pigs was released in the US by Vinegar Syndrome as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on March 29, 2016. The film was restored in 2K and features reversible cover art by Chris Garofalo.
Special features:
Audio interview with cinematographer Glenn Roland
Featurette with actress Toni Lawrence
Featurette with composer Charles Bernstein
Two alternate opening sequences
Alternate ending sequence
Trailers
On October 9, 2017, 88 Films released Pigs on Blu-ray in the UK.
Buy Blu-ray: Amazon.co.uk
Production and release:
According to the American Film Institute, “a Hollywood Reporter news item dated March 9, 1973, referred to the picture by its working title, Pigs, announced that writer-director-producer-actor Marc Lawrence mortgaged his own home to finance most of the production’s $250,000 budget and the film was recently completed. On 14 May 1973, HR announced that Classic Films had purchased distribution rights to the picture and a premiere was scheduled for 23 May 1973 in Detroit, MI.
A 12 November 1984 review of the film’s re-release with the title Daddy’s Deadly Darling noted that the production was filmed in 1972 and was formerly known as Daddy’s Girl.
Cast and characters:
Toni Lawrence … Lynn Hart
Jesse Vint … Sheriff Dan Cole
Catherine Ross … Miss Macy
Paul Hickey … Ben Sharp
Iris Korn … Annette
Walter Barnes … Doctor
Erik Holland … Hoagy
William Michael … Deputy
Jim Antonio … Jess Winter, Man from Hospital
Bone Adams … Truck Farmer
Larry Hussmann … Gas Attendant
Don Skylar … Oil Worker
Marc Lawrence … Zambrini
Filming locations:
Camarillo, California
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