Multiple Maniacs
John Waters’ gloriously grotesque second feature is replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinema’s most memorably blasphemous moments. Made on a shoestring budget in Waters’ native Baltimore, with the filmmaker taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling show mounted by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of their leader: the glammer-than-glam, larger-than-life Divine, out for blood after discovering her lover’s affair. Starring members of Waters’ beloved regular cast, the Dreamlanders (including David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, George Figgs, and Cookie Mueller), Multiple Maniacs is an anarchic masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of good taste for decades.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New audio commentary featuring Waters
- New interviews with cast and crew members Pat Moran, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, George Figgs, and Vincent Peranio
- New video essay by scholar Gary Needham
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Linda Yablonsky
New cover by Eric Skillman
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New audio commentary featuring Waters
- New interviews with cast and crew members Pat Moran, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, George Figgs, and Vincent Peranio
- New video essay by scholar Gary Needham
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Linda Yablonsky
New cover by Eric Skillman
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
- Vincent Peranio
- Freak
- Jim Thompson
- Freak
- Dee Vitolo
- With
- Ed Peranio
- Bob Skidmore
- Margie Skidmore
- Jack Walsh
- Susan Walsh
- Gilbert McGill
- Pat Moran
- Paul Landis
- Mark Lazarus
- Harvey Freed
- Suzie Nichols
- Steve Waters
- Julia Richardson
- Will Cullen
- Jack Roberts
- Mark Isherwood
- Berenica Cipcus
- Hawley Peterson
- Tom Wells
- Michael Renner
- Cowboy
- George Figgs
- Jesus Christ
Credits
- Director
- John Waters
- Produced, written, filmed, and edited by
- John Waters
- Production assistance
- David Lochary
- Production assistance
- Howard Gruber
- Production assistance
- Bob Skidmore
- Production assistance
- Jack Walsh
- Production assistance
- Mink Stole
- Stills
- Lawrence Irvine
- Original music composed by
- George S. Clinton
- Lobstora by
- Vincent Peranio
Edition introduction to Multiple Maniacs
Trailer for Multiple Maniacs
