John Waters's second feature film (and the first with ambient sound), MULTIPLE MANIACS is a dragged-out affair with some choice moments; it rates as being of interest only to hard-core Waters fans.
On a Baltimore street, passersby are cajoled to visit "Lady Divine's Cavalcade of Perversions," a makeshift carnival show that has been erected in a few tents. Barker Mr. David (David Lochary) promises a parade of shocking performers, including a woman licking a bicycle seat, two men kissing, a
heroin addict going cold turkey, and a naked human pyramid. For the finale, the shocked (but avidly staring) audience is led into a tent where they are robbed by Lady Divine (D...
Released:
1970
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins