Desperate Living

Director John Waters ("Cry Baby," "Hairspray") tells the story of Peggy Gravel, a mad housewife who kills her husband then goes on the lam with her 300-pound maid, Grizelda. After being sexually accosted by a lewd, cross-dressing cop with gingivitis, the women are directed to Mortville, a shanty-town for fugitive criminals ruled by the evil Queen Carlotta. Carlotta's daughter, Princess Coo-Coo, wants to renounce the throne and marry a nudist garbage man, so the Queen has him killed and enlists Peggy's aid in infecting the kingdom with rabies. Starring Mink Stole (“Lost Highway,” “But I’m a Cheerleader”), Susan Lowe (“Cecil B. Demented,” “Serial Mom”) and Edith Massey (“Polyester,” “Pink Flamingos”).