 "Pigs" premiered on May 23, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan under the title "The Pigs", and according to Lawrence, the distributor offered free bacon to the audience at the event.In 1977, Donald Reynolds filmed an additional prologue and epilogue for the film that initially played under the title "Daddy's Girl".After shortening the prologue from Reynolds' cut, the film was released theatrically on November 6, 1984 by Aquarius Releasing as "Daddy's Deadly Darling".