A horror film inspired by the case of Susan Monica, who was convicted in 2015 of killing two men and feeding their remains to her pigs on her Wimer property, is set to be released on streaming platforms Tuesday. 

“Pig Lady” was directed by Adam Ray Fair, a Tennessee filmmaker with Preacher Boys Productions, who has friends in Rogue Valley and has frequented the area. 

“When I was (in the valley), trying to figure out if we could make a movie or not, (we stopped in) the local watering hole, and on the front page of the newspaper, there’s a whole front page on Susan Monica,” Fair said. “I was like, ‘OK, this is another sign. How many signs do I need to make a movie?'”

When Fair traveled to the valley again to interview various pig farmers about filming on location, he said, “strange things aligned.”

The farmer with whom Fair struck a deal owned a cabin within striking distance of the farm off Evans Creek Road where Monica killed and dismembered 59-year-old Stephen Delicino in August 2012 and 56-year-old handyman Robert Haney in September 2013.

“We had gigantic boars running around (on set),” Fair said with a laugh. 

Fair called the Monica murders “sickening,” but he became “excited” when he learned his connections to the valley could help him make a great film.

“At that point it’s just art, and we really didn’t think much about all the bad stuff with it,” said Fair, adding “the whole town” of Wimer was supportive and excited about the filming in 2020.

Pig Lady’s website says the film is about “a group of friends, while on a Christmas vacation to their family cabin in Southern Oregon, learn of a local rumor of an antisocial woman who allegedly murders people and feeds her victims to pigs.”

“I don’t want people to think this is her (Susan Monica’s) story,” Fair said. “That is where it all started, with her story, and then we made it a movie. (It’s a) traditional horror movie — people in a cabin … partying and getting killed.”

He said it’s far from a “happy-go-lucky Christmas movie” that has no take-home message other than “pure entertainment.”

Fair added he is already planning a sequel to “Pig Lady.”

The film is approximately one hour and 40 minutes in length, is not rated by the MPAA.

For more information about the film, see http://pigladymovie.com/