Desperate Living (1977)

90 min · Criminal Comedy Film, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, crime film, fantasy film

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Directors

John Waters

Cast

Mink Stole, Jean Hill, Edith Massey

The story

Neurotic Guilford housewife Peggy Gravel and her housekeeper Grizelda Brown go on the lam after killing Peggy's husband. After being detained by a cross-dressing police officer, they are given an ultimatum: arrest for murder or exile to Mortville, a shantytown of criminals and social outcasts ruled by the fascist Queen Carlotta. Peggy and Grizelda choose Mortville and settle at the boarding house of lesbian wrestler Mole McHenry and her lover Muffy St.

Catalogue themes and tags

Fetishism, Friendship, Garbageman, Housewife, Leiche verstecken, Lesben, Lingerie, Luxury, Madhouse, Magd, Nudist Camp, Overweight, Paranoia, Princess, Queen, Refugee, Refugee Camp, Runaway, Underwear, Verbrecherin, Wrestling, LGBT, Fantasy, Comedy film, Horror, Crime Fiction

Genres

Criminal Comedy Film, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, crime film, fantasy film

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