Daddy's Deadly Darling (1972)

Director:

Marc Lawrence

Writer:

Marc Lawrence (writer)

Release Date:

April 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Once the pigs tasted blood... No one could control their hunger!!

Plot:

Lynn Hart is a disturbed young woman who escapes from a mental hospital where she was committed for killing her abusive father who raped her...

Plot Keywords:

Pig | Escape | Boarder | Escaped Mental Patient | Revenge

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Toni Lawrence	...	Lynn Hart
Marc Lawrence	...	Zambrini
Jesse Vint	...	Sheriff Dan Cole
Paul Hickey	...	Johnny
Katharine Ross	...	Miss Macy
Katherine Ross	...	Miss Macy
Iris Korn	...	Annette
Jim Antonio	...	Man from Hospital
William Michael	...	Deputy
Erik Holland	...	Hoagy
Don Skylar	...	Oil Worker
Walter Barnes	...	Doctor
Bone Adams	...	Truck Farmer
Larry Hussmann	...	Gas Attendant

Also Known As:

Daddy's Girl (USA) (alternative title)
Horror Farm
Lynn Hart
Pigs (USA) (recut version)
Roadside Torture Chamber (USA) (reissue title)
The Killer
The Killers
The Strange Exorcism of Lynn Hart
The Strange Love Exorcist

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:R | Norway:(Banned) (video rating)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Movie Connections:

Featured in Reel Horror (1985)

Fun Little Film

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.