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This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray/DVD combo. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Chris Garofalo) was limited to 2,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

Lynn Webster is a mysterious and beautiful young woman with a deadly secret. After arriving in a secluded California town, she takes a job as a waitress for Zambrini (Marc Lawrence), an elderly former circus performer who runs a small cafe, complete with a pen of 12 hungry pigs. Local legend has it that his pigs only eat human flesh and that in order to satisfy their growing appetites, Zambrini has begun to murder drifters. Soon the sheriff (Jesse Vint) begins to get suspicious of the strange goings on at Zambrini's farm and grows closer and closer to discovering the shocking truth of the pigs.

Directed by character actor Marc Lawrence and starring his daughter Toni as Lynn. PIGS is a suspenseful and atmospheric psychological horror film featuring claustrophobic camerawork by Glenn Roland (Ilsa She Wolf of the S.S.) and a haunting score by Charles Bernstein (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo).

Vinegar Syndrome presents this classic of 70s independent cinema newly restored and in its original director's cut for the first time on home video.

directed by: Marc Lawrence
starring: Jesse Vint, Marc Lawrence, Catherine Ross, Toni Lawrence
1973 / 81min / English / Color / 1.85:1

Additional info:

  • Blu-ray/DVD Combo | Region Free | 1.85:1 OAR
  • Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm interpositive with select shots sourced from 35mm theatrical prints
  • All extras on both Blu-ray and DVD.
  • Featurette w/ actress Toni Lawrence
  • Featurette w/ composer Charles Bernstein
  • Audio interview w/ cinematographer Glenn Roland
  • Promotional artwork gallery
  • Alternate 'Exorcism' opening sequence
  • Alternate 'Daddy's Girl' opening sequence
  • Alternate 'Daddy's Girl' ending sequence
  • PIGS original theatrical trailer
  • LOVE EXORCISM theatrical trailer
  • Reversible cover artwork by Chris Garofalo
  • English SDH Subtitles

Overall rating: 4.6037736 / 5 from 53 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

This Blu-ray/DVD combo of the classic 70s horror film Pigs offers a newly restored version with excellent restoration quality. The film, featuring atmospheric and psychological elements, has received mixed feedback. It includes extras such as featurettes, interviews, and promotional artwork.

Summary topics

  • Atmospheric Elements: 42%
  • Restoration Quality: 18%

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Review highlights

  • "The picture and sound were as always immaculate as VS are the undisputed kings of film restoration!" — Paul K.
  • "Great restoration on this 70s drive in classic." — Stephen H.
  • "This is a great film, that many horror fans may have never seen." — Mark H.

Reviews

Pigs

"A much more interesting film than what I had expected. We'll worth a watch"

— Alan C. (4/5)

Obscure 70’s Gem

"Really enjoyed this! Demented little tale that would make a great double feature with other flicks of the era, like Candy Snatchers or the Killing Kind. Good features detailing its interesting history."

— Matthew M. (5/5)

Daddy's Little Darlings get their fill

"Synopsis: Roadside restaurant owner Zambrini also has a pig farm that he runs. His swine have an unusual diet of human corpses that he feeds them. Runaway Lynn Webster comes to town and he gives her a job at the restaurant. This turns out to be good news for his PIGS because Lynn is a bit off kilter and starts up a bit of a killing spree. Review: The script certainly could have been better but Marc Lawrence seems to be giving it his all here and the scene with him terrorizing his neighbors is both bizarre and hilarious. The ending is great but this plods along pretty slowly and is just too loud. Carnage Count 2/5 Sleaze Score 1/5"

— Brett J. (3/5)

Grimy Grindhouse Done Right

"A bleak and unsettling slice of ’70s grindhouse horror that delivers exactly what fans of the era expect. The new presentation looks excellent, with strong detail and natural grain that preserve the film’s raw, gritty texture. Colors and contrast feel authentic to the period, and the audio is clear and well-balanced. A well-produced release that treats this cult shocker with care."

— Thomas L. (4/5)

A Swine Odyssey

"Marc Lawrence’s Pigs! is the kind of film that crawls out of the 35mm interpositive grain like something half-remembered from a bad dream at a roadside diner — and Vinegar Syndrome’s 2K restoration has finally let it squeal in full. To dismiss it as drive-in schlock is to miss the meat on the bone. This is an unholy hogwash of psychological horror, Oedipal rot, and something approaching a swine-stained folie à deux between Lawrence’s craggy, circus-haunted Zambrini and his daughter Toni’s sleepwalking Lynn. The film is boar-n of genuine outsider conviction. Lawrence mortgaged his house for this snout-scraping vision, and every frame reeks of it — the claustrophobic framing, the Charles Bernstein score slithering underneath like something being dragged behind the barn, the unplaceable ache of two broken people trough-bonded by shared damage. When the pigs scream, you can’t tell if it’s the animals or Lynn’s unraveling mind. That ambiguity is the whole rotten ham of it. And that final count — twelve pigs, then thirteen — is a piece of Egyptian folk-horror trotter-work that hoofs circles around films three times its budget. Under any of its dozen titles — Daddy’s Deadly Darling, The 13th Pig, Roadside Torture Chamber — this is grindhouse high art. Lawrence reveals himself as a true artist along the way."

— chris b. (5/5)

Bacon. That is All.

"Bacon. That is All."

— Kirk W. (5/5)

Disturbing with a dash of ‘70s aesthetic

"Certainly not the animal attack film I was expecting, Pigs wound up being much better than that. A sort of Psycho / Deranged variation, it felt so dirty and visceral the experience is tough to shake. Particularly love the deleted scenes designed to take advantage of popular horror trend of the time."

— Greg W. (5/5)

Amazing!

"My wife and I enjoyed this low budget sicko movie!"

— Jamie M. (5/5)

Piggy

"A very low budget thriller with some horror elements. Has a good tone and was produced by Lloyd Kaufman before Troma's uprising."

— Tony R. (4/5)

See It Now!

"An Incredible Release! Looks gorgeous in its grainy grindhouse presentation… what took me so long to check this one out?!? Love it!"

— Richard M. (5/5)

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