the diane linkletter story (1970)

"Come back before you get trapped in a life that becomes more aimless and unreal."
Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane (Divine) is staying out late and taking drugs, but when her parents (David Lochary & Mary Vivian Peaarce) confront her about her use of drugs, it leads to tragic consequences.
Filmed only a day after the tragic death of the real Diane, this short shows Waters early promise at choosing shocking stories and running with them. Classic exploitation thinking.

serial mom (1994)

"Dottie, I made a killing."
Wholesome mother of two Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) becomes a serial killer, when she starts to take revenge for the mearist of slights.
John Waters again takes aim at suburban mores, and the media circus surrounding murder trials, in this inventive comedy.

pecker (1998)

"Pubic hair causes crime."
Pecker (Edward Furlong) is a young lad whose hobby is taking photo's of everyday scenes he comes across in his daily life in Baltimore. Everything changes when Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor), a New York gallery owner, sees his work, much to annoyance of his girlfriend Shelley (Christina Ricci).
A lighter Waters film than most of his work, which pokes fun at the New York art scene, and delivers a delightful comedy, that still manages to throw in some subversion.

hairspray (1988)

"It's the times. They are a-changin'. Something's blowing in the wind. Fetch me my diet pills, would you, Hon?"
A young girl, Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) idolises the dancers on local tv show The Corny Collins Show, and her rise to fame when she manages to become a dancer it, and sparks off protests for intergration, in the Baltimore of 1962.
Water's breakout film, that played up the retro charm, and won him a new audience.

cecil b. demented (2000)

"There are no rules in underground cinema, only edges."
A guerrilla film maker (Stephen Dorff) and his troop of regulars, kidnap an A-list actress Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith) with the aim of making her star in their film.
A lesser comedy from Waters, lacking the attacking zeal of much of his work, but still has its moments.

polyester (1981)

"I got somethin' to show ya, Francine! It's long. And it's sleek. And it's powerful. It's mah new 'vette!"
Mrs Fishpaw (Divine) is a housewife, who hates her husband's career as the owner of a pornographic cinema. Then her world falls apart when she catches him being unfaithful to her, but her life gets worse when her daughter announces she is pregnant by a local thug, and her son arrested as the Baltimore foot-stomper. Salvation comes when her life seems at its lowest, when Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) arrives on the scene, but is this the end of her problems, or just the beginning?
A fine comedy, that dabbles with Waters usual themes. Originally filmed in Odorama.