The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.
Acting
Divine fully commits to homicidal madness.
Practical Effects
Lobster rape scene shot in actual mansion.
Direction
Waters' Baltimore becomes hell's circus.
Director
John Waters
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Waters' parents financed this with $5,000 from their Baltimore home; his mother still plays piano on the soundtrack.
This predates Pink Flamingos and essentially invented 'midnight movie' culture—underground cinemas literally screened it at 12am for stoned college kids seeking transgression.
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