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Daddy's Deadly Darling

1973 · 80 min

A grimy, queasy rural nightmare that crawls under your skin with its dead-eyed stillness and ugly secrets.

Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Genres: Horror
Starring: Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross

Tagline: A mad man... A psycho killer... And mean cannibal pigs... All together in the scariest film you'll ever see!!!
Overview: The owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.

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Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Genres: Horror
Starring: Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
violence
trauma
isolation
death
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	9
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Written by: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross, Paul Hickey, Iris Korn, Walter Barnes, Erik Holland, William Michael
Music: Charles Bernstein
Cinematography: Glenn Roland
Runtime: 80 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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