“PIGLADY” is an American horror film although if you can’t take vicious man-eating pigs seriously there is a comedic element in PIGLADY.
PIGLADY is remotely founded in fact. Susan Monica was a former Navy sailor who served in the Vietnam War as a man and eventually became a she and the owner of a pig farm in rural Oregon. In 2012 and 2013 two handymen on her farm went missing and it sow (pun intended) happened she dismembered them and fed them to her pigs. She was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of 25 years.
My pal W and I were in Tuscany many years ago staying at a villa. W decided to go fishing at a small lake on the property. While tramping through the scrub he raised the ire of a wild boar that chased him squealing in anger! Then currently in North America we have an epidemic of a cross between feral and domestic pigs that can grow to 300 pounds and they have a nasty disposition. Man eating?
Two Cali couples and a couple of their gay friends head up to Oregon for a Christmas retreat right next to PIGLADY. They are enjoying themselves, drinking away, smoking weed and snorting cocaine. The pigs loom menacing in the background. Darkness looms and the PIGLADY strikes aided by her voracious man-eating pigs! Needless to say it isn’t the swine that are heading to the slaughterhouse. A slow build up the 20 minutes of blood and guts and enough squealing to turn you off bacon. The PIGLADY certainly brings home the bacon!
There are many comedic moments as there were in the film “Jaws”. Is “PIGLADY” the big summer hit that will terrify audiences to give up their bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches?
“PIGLADY” opens on digital platforms on August 22, 2023.
You can see the trailer here https://vimeo.com/847024926
RKS 2023 Film 67/100.
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