the audience applauded

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Disturbed young lass Lynn (a solid and credible performance by Toni Lawrence) escapes from an asylum where she was committed after killing her abusive father. Lynn winds up in a small rustic California town and seeks refuge at a farm owned by cranky old loner Zambini (a spot-on lively and creepy portrayal by veteran character actor Marc Lawrence, who also produced and directed). Pretty soon Lynn starts bumping off anyone who asks too many questions about her tragic past. Zambini helps Lynn cover up the murders by feeding the bodies to his flesh-eating pigs.Marc Lawrence keeps the arrestingly warped story moving at a steady pace, makes good use of the remote rural locations, and does an ace job of crafting and maintaining a supremely grim and sordid atmosphere. The quirky script offers two unbalanced and equally dangerous psychos for the price of one who form a codependent relationship that proves to be genuinely unnerving and even strangely touching (the fact that said psychos are portrayed by a real-life father and daughter gives the whole twisted affair an extra jarring conviction and intimacy). The amplified pig grunts and squeals are likewise quite unsettling.Moreover, there are fine supporting contributions from Jesse Vint as the amiable, but pesky Sheriff Dan Cole, Paul Hickey as pushy jerk Ben Sharp, Catherine Ross as antsy neighbor Miss Macy, Jim Antonio as the easygoing Jess Winter, and Erik Holland as hotheaded troublemaker Hoagy. Glenn Roland's stark cinematography supplies an appropriately plain look. Charles Bernstein's shivery score boasts a wonderfully haunting children's lullaby as well as a great groovy rock'n'roll theme song. Best of all, the modest budget and basic rawness of the filmmaking further enhances the overall freaky'n'spooky mood. Recommended viewing for fans of outré fright fare.

Previously mistreated schizophrenic and former psych ward patient (Toni Lawrence) does a circuit breaker after an attempted rape by her less than gallant suitor, turning into an avenging angel, luring unsuspecting men to sudden death, and feeding their remains to the ravenous pigs of her employer, the shady Zambrini (Marc Lawrence). Local sheriff (Vint) begins to suspect she may not be the perennial victim she appears, while her surrogate protector (Lawrence, at his unhinged best) is abetting her crimes, exploiting her psychopathic capabilities (and keeping his pigs well nourished). The rural setting and bluegrass soundtrack creates some semblance of hysteria, and the supporting cast features some capable, recognisable faces, but the story meanders aimlessly with little punctuation or scene establishment; just a series of unprovoked retributions followed by macabre squeals, as porky and his swine friends poke their snouts into the entrails of hapless victims. It's a paranoid malaise in which the two leads share a co-dependent dementia, each servicing a twisted and morbid lust, the pigs profiting from the residue.While Marc Lawrence can always depict a perverted psychopath, his daughter Toni is a little less convincing, requiring the assistance of that ubiquitous child singing that seems to signify repressed infantile abuse. Jesse Vint, the dependable (and throughout his career, perpetual) country law enforcer is appropriately concerned, and delivers a relaxed, natural performance that almost resurrects this film from the bowels of c-grade cinema; almost. The two dotty neighbours (Ross & Korn) are amusing, suspecting that Zambrini's hogs may be porking out on more than grain feed, even suggesting that he's a cannibal (given that he eats the pigs, ipso facto).The shrill squeals of the ravenous hogs that echo throughout the film are harrowing, and the ambiance is uncomfortable in the same way that made "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" such an ordeal. Script is fine as is the cinematography and acting, but there's just not enough depth to the storyline to make it the minor cult classic it could have become.

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

Lynn has a problem. Her father abused her, raped her, and beat her. Lynn killed her father, was put in an asylum, and still believes her father to be alive. Lynn escapes from asylum and heads on the highway to get away. Thus is the first five minutes or so of Daddy's Deadly Darling(Pigs was the title of video I saw). Then comes on one of the best and most ridiculous songs for a horror movie I've seen in a long time, "Somebody's waiting for you." I have to admit it is a pretty catchy tune. The tune plays while Lynn drives away from her troubles till she comes to a small cafe in the middle of nowhere that has a position for employment open. She secures her job here as a waitress and soon creates a bond with the cafe owner. His name is Zambrini and he has a bunch of human flesh-eating hogs in the back. Well, the story really gets bizarre here when we see Zambrini feed a freshly dug corpse to his livestock. Lynn too seems to not haven gotten over her killing ways completely and the two work together going hog wild over their work. This film is actually pretty good. I mean it is not a a good movie, but it is a whole lot better than I expected and I think will exceed many of your expectations. Marc Lawrence wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this film. His daughter Toni plays Lynn. Lawrence is able to create a very eerie feel to the film despite the total lack of logic that exists in the script. Some of the scenes are dream-like and Lynn's nightmare scene is very powerful. Lawrence also does a fine job acting in his professional low-key style. His daughter isn't too bad either and let's just say she sure knows how to fill out a nightgown. The deaths are not particularly plentiful or gruesome. The rest of the acting is adequate with a couple of old ladies doing very well as neighbors complaining about the pigs next door. Watch out for video misrepresentation: one of the older women's names is Katherine Ross(she starred in one movie...this one!) but is given top billing on many videos to try and make you think this is the other Katherine Ross(The Graduate and The Legacy). All in all a better than expected cinematic experience.