A rich housewife murders her husband with her overweight maid's help and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town that provides refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of Mortville.... (Full plot summary below)
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A rich housewife murders her husband with her overweight maid's help and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town that provides refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of Mortville.
Leave your thoughts about Desperate Living.
| DVD VerdictBill GibronDesperate Living [is] a movie that feels like three separate films fused together. The first and the second are fantastic. |
| Apollo GuideScott WeinbergNot for the weak of heart or stomach, this one is worth a look for truly brave movie fans. People with delicate constitutions shouldn't even get close. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyEven John Waters himself was not entirely pleased with his weird tale of mad housewives and eccentric lesbians in revolt, but the performances are good. |
| User ReviewDavid AI''ve been watching this one for years. It is certainly my favorite ex-aequo with Mondo trasho. The sad thing: Divine does not appear in it for he was on tour at the moment. But still, how about an unforgettable ride in Mortville, village of idiots, refuge of all the criminals on the run and where you'll meet neurotic husband-killer Peggy Gravel with her 300lbs lesbian nurse and a bunch of gay leather men, nudists, a former female boxer who gets a sex change and her lover the "dog food murderer" all living for and servicing the evil and twisted overweight Queen Carlotta's dark ambitions. Certainly the most entertaining fairy tale ever filmed and a beautiful story of the war of the lesbians against the social climbers. Thank you John, you're my best! |
| User ReviewPj KNot the edited version. I LOVE MINK STOLE |
| User ReviewKris Know that i found out its edited im kinda mad and need to find the unedited version but funny as hell |
| User ReviewJeffrey BI'mmmmmmm so hungry I could eat cancer! |
| User ReviewKelly Fwhere we are missing divine and david we make up with mink stole who delivers the best performance ever, this film is weird beyond words but thats why i love it |
| User ReviewRebecca Gthis film has the 3 D's that are a very important part of john waters movies. disturbing, demented, and disgusting. 5 stars! |
| User ReviewTyler R"you are now the proud owner of RABIES!"this is a shining example of john waters. Desperate Living is wild, freakish, gross, juvenile, and totally genius. for the first 25% of the film mink stole is just screaming at everybody. "tell your mother i hate her/ tell your mother i hate you/ i hate the supreme court/ i never thought you'd rape your own sister."it's lovely. I loved grizelda, and it was so appropriate for john waters to make her lesbian. in fact, the whole film is made up of superb choices. the film only falls short in it's prolonged middle, but never will that overshadow the wonderful wrestling sequence, the child being found in the refrigerator, and the hilarious sex change incident. thankfully in john waters' world at the end of the day you can solve all of your problems by simply eating the queen. |
