Multiple Maniacs1970
“A celluloid atrocity!”
Directed by John Waters
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The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
A traveling carnival of depravity serves as the twisted backdrop for Divine's escalating rage after a shattering personal betrayal. John Waters unleashes one of his most deliberately provocative and chaotic early works, blending dark comedy, shocking imagery, and gleeful blasphemy into something that defies easy categorization. Equal parts midnight-movie spectacle and underground assault on good taste, this is low-budget filmmaking weaponized against polite society.
Content: Graphic Violence, Sexual Violence, Rape Depiction, Blasphemous Content, Sexual Perversion And Fetishism, Cannibalism
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Cast
Divine
Lady Divine
David Lochary
Mr. David
Mary Vivian Pearce
Bonnie / Cavalcade Patron
Mink Stole
Mink / Cavalcade Patron
Cookie Mueller
Cookie Divine / Cavalcade Patron
Edith Massey
Edith / Virgin Mary
Susan Lowe
Cavalcade Pervert
Rick Morrow
Ricky
Howard Gruber
Gilbert
Paul Swift
Steve (Cookie's Boyfriend)
Vincent Peranio
Freak
Jim Thompson
Freak
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