GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

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Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

BA_Harrison Allegedly, one of the best ways to get rid of a human body is to feed it to pigs: they eat everything, including the bones. In Daddy's Deadly Darling, a dozen porkers have been raised with a taste for human flesh by their owner, ex-circus performer Zambrini (Marc Lawrence). When Zambrini hires a mysterious young woman, Lynn (played by Lawrence's daughter Toni), as a waitress in his cafe, he finds an unlikely source of dead bodies for his piggies, for his new employee is actually an escaped patient from an asylum who kills men that remind her of her abusive father.Written and directed by Zambrini himself, actor Marc Lawrence, Daddy's Deadly Darling (AKA Pigs) was intended as a vehicle for his daughter Toni, but failed to launch a successful film career for the actress, who languished in TV land thereafter. Perhaps Marc should have chosen something a little less tawdry for his daughter's debut, since this cheap drive-in horror has all the visual appeal of a grimy exploitation flick and, like a hog, wallows in the unsavoury - mental illness, abusive sex, murder and mutilation.Of course, for fans of tawdry 70s horror, these elements only make the film all the more desirable. Pigs might not be a grindhouse classic, being a little light on the gore and nudity (Toni has a cracking body, but with dad calling the shots, she doesn't go any further than her underwear), but its macabre themes and offbeat execution still make it a treat for those who enjoy quirky 70s oddities. The murders are quite vicious in tone, Lynn slicing off one man's todger (not too graphic... we see blood seeping through bedsheets) and repeatedly stabbing a couple more, although my favourite scene has to be the deranged girl on the phone talking to her imaginary father, a tear rolling down her cheek, Toni Lawrence proving that she's not as bad an actress as her subsequent career path suggests.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for the final 'WTF?' twist in the tale, in which it appears as though Lynn has turned into a pig.

dbborroughs Young woman who was committed to a mental institution after killing her father when he tried to rape her, breaks free and ends up in a small town where she takes up with an older farmer who has pigs that like to eat human flesh. Lurid, at time uncomfortably so, film about the weird things that weird people do. I'm not sure what to think about the film. It's a strange little film that seems to be strange for strange's sake. I was watching the film and thought a good amount of the film had run only to find that it had only been about 30 minutes. Its creepy because of the odd people involved. What do I think of it? Its okay. A bit odder than I wanted for the late night viewing. I'm curious why this was paired with the Rock Hudson Embryo on the DVD I had since other than being horror films they have little in common. Going from one to the other made for a weird segue. Worth a look for anyone who wants to see off beat horror films, anyone else should probably look elsewhere

mglasson Good Times! Marc Lawrence makes another memorable character in the old, crotchety Zambrini - an ex-circus performer who supposedly came back from the dead after a tragic high-dive. Well, now he owns and operates a little cafe in the middle of nowheresville and feeds his pigs dead humans after midnight. As luck would have it, his newest employee of the cafe is a runaway psychotic from an insane asylum who likes to cut up men who come on to strong to her. She is really the film's main character and, as it turns out, Daddy's Deadly Darling is actually Marc Lawrence's deadly daughter in real life. Seems that he wanted to jump start his daughter's career so he gave her the lead. Well, unfortunately, she doesn't carry nearly enough quirkiness or depth to bring that character to life, unlike her father, who is a real gem to watch.As a director, Mr. Lawrence had some good ideas to make some creepy, uneasy scenes to watch, but the version I watched (called PIGS) was very choppy and sloppy from an editing standpoint and the camera seems to enjoy shooting things in pitch black darkness. That's low-budget for you, but there's still something charming about this otherwise standard '70s exploitation fare. And any movie that has Marc Lawrence in it is, by default, going to have something going for it.

EyeAskance A doolally feature so disjointed that it makes you feel like you've been drinking Everclear all night, PIGS is one of the more underrecognized films in the 70s horror canon. An attractive girl fresh from the funny farm-(she killed her Father for you-know-what)-takes a waiting job in a Mayberry-hick diner operated by an old wacko who keeps a pen of flesh-hungry swine(a perfect disposal for those dead bodies that keep turning up).Enjoyable soup-kitchen quickie with a groovy bubblegum pop intro, PIGS is plenteous with off-base appeal, and is a moderately more proficient contribution than the standard hireling-level picture of its day.5.5/10