I was going to write my own plot outline for this masterpiece but I love the one that Google provides- ‘A bizarre fat woman (Divine) and her misfit family compete with a Baltimore couple (David Lochary, Mink Stole) to be named the filthiest people alive.’ Perfect. Waters purposely set out to make a transgressive piece …
Continue reading John Waters Reviewed- Day 3- Pink Flamingos (1972)
Lady Divine runs The Cavalcade of Perversion (key attractions- The Puke Eater, The Bicycle Seat Sniffer and ‘two queers who actually kiss on the lips’). But this is actually a front as she robs any of the squares who come to see the show. Alas, Lady Divine has grown tired of just robbing the patrons …
Continue reading John Waters Reviewed- Day 2- Multiple Maniacs (1970)
‘The Bombshell’ is making her way through Baltimore when she is confronted by a hippie with his own special proclivities (if you know, you know), who takes her to a wooded area so that he can… After this moment of ecstasy (in which she daydreams about herself as Cinderella), she is mown down by Divine …
Continue reading John Waters Reviewed- Day 1- Mondo Trasho (1969)
From IMDB- ‘Four years after the events of last year's Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn't been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage …
Continue reading Halloween Reviewed- Day 13- Halloween Ends (2022)
I love that as I progress through this Top 10, the more I write on the films. I tried to keep each description down to a couple of succinct sentences but trying to do that with masterpieces like Pink Flamingos, Polyester and Female Trouble was impossible. John Waters isn't just a brilliant film director, screenwriter …
Meathook Cinema 