Liz Renay

Special feature from Criterion’s release of Desperate Living, where writer-director John Waters tours the Baltimore location that served as the site of Mortville, the twisted penal colony inhabited by fugitives, outcasts, and deviants – including hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel and her fed-up housekeeper – and presided over by the despotic Queen Carlotta.

The existence of mankind hangs in the balance as two warring factions of aliens do battle. An invasion of Earth by aliens who plan to turn human beings into zombies by gathering high-level government officials and attempt to obtain certain knowledge and information. Meanwhile, a benevolent alien race arrives to stop the malevolent ones from succeeding with their plans.

The giant flesh-mangling meat grinder in the basement of the Lotus Cat Food Company is back in business under new management. And this time the popular 'food for cats who like people' has drawn the attention of an alien race of intelligent felines from the planet Ceta, whose food supply has been destroyed in their interplanetary war with dog-headed dinosaurs. With help from the U.S. government's 'men in black', the cat queen, Felina, negotiates a mega-deal with Lotus to supply her planet with food. This sudden increase in orders has the new owners scrambling for fresh – and not-so-fresh – human flesh to meet the growing demand.

Escaped murderer Cal Lewis seeks revenge for those responsible for his incarceration. En route from Texas to Las Vegas, he crosses paths with young TV news reporter Deidre Holland, who quickly becomes his next target.

Two detectives are hired to go to Las Vegas and find a millionaire's missing daughter. On their way, they go through many erotic adventures.

With their marriage on the rocks, Jo Ann and Bruce split and become born again sexual thrillseekers. You won't believe what goes on inside the house of forbidden dreams. Where depraved Madame Zolia provides Jo Ann with many an electrifying sexual fantasy that make sparks fly. But don't count Bruce out either. He goes to Vegas where Mai Lin works on his chopsticks till there ain't no more. Banzai! Needless to say, after this wild interlude of Lust the horny couple gets back together and lives hotly ever after.

After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.

A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.

Utitlising humour, fantasy, animation, poetry and theatrics, Hochman and her crew challenge the male establishment for ignoring the first meeting of the National Women's Political Caucus and Shirley Chisholm's bid for US vice-president.

Exotic Eastern European beauty, Linda Allen, flies in to Los Angeles to track down the evil mobsters who tortured and murdered her sister. Meanwhile, the mobsters are trying to find a tape with information that would be incriminating to them. Linda's investigation deals with a pimp who may be the murderer she is after, and a helpful FBI agent who may not be the crime hunter he pretends to be. Cunning and deadly she is, but will she be up to the tangled web of corruption, violence, and death she falls into?

Eddie is a Vietnam veteran who loses his arms and legs when he steps on a land mine, but a brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs. Unfortunately, an insanely jealous assistant (who has fallen in love with Eddie's fiancée) switches Eddie's DNA injections, transforming him into a gigantic killer.

A cautionary tale. At 17, Sherman Oaks high schooler Pam Banner has a baby out of wedlock. The baby is adopted, but Pam's too embarrassed to go back to school, so her dad gets her a job as the receptionist for a talent agent. A rock star takes her to a party, seduces and abandons her; that starts a spiral of partying, free love, and drug use. Pam becomes friends with Jeannie, a hooker who supports Jimmy, a useless druggie. Soon the three of them are living together, and Jimmy seems appealing to Pam. She's missing work more and more often, Jeannie wants out of the life, Jimmy is going through withdrawal, and Pam is in the middle of a maelstrom. Is there any exit for Pam?

The wild, wild, west just got a lot wilder as a naive country boy and his prostitute girlfriend are pursued by a gang of outlaw killers.

Bill Westland is a wealthy industrialist who now only intends to devote himself to his pleasures. He barely manages to make a few decisions about his myriad businesses or sign a few checks every week. He spends most of his time in a magnificent Hollywood villa in the company of his young wife and her many friends living a life of love that is as inventive and renewed as possible.

A fake documentary about the early adult film industry.

William Margold stars as 'The Senator,' who, despite being married, agrees to impregnate a beautiful CIA agent. As complications ensue with the senator's ability to 'perform', his wife and associates become increasingly suspicious of his affairs, resulting in a myriad of bizzare plot twists and revelations.

An American Indian journeys from his reservation to the lust capital of Hollywood where he finds himself surrounded by erotic thrills beyond his wildest fantasies!

While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with but a severe chronic back injury leaves him unable to continue with his career. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.

A young divorcée confesses her sexual adventures and fantasies during a psychodrama session at a party. Soon the party begins to resemble some of the "adventures" she was talking about.

A young wife's marriage begins to crumble after she's attacked by a knife-wielding woman whom the police believed was already dead.

A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.

When an English lord finds his wife Lady Godiva in bed with her lover Tom Jones they have to leave the country and go to the USA. Godiva ends up in a brothel and when Tom wants to save her he is challenged to a duel by the owner of the brothel.

Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.

Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.

Set in the sordid underworld of drug trafficking and prostitutes, this story involves Charlie Smith, private eye, whose job it is to find Carrie Friskine and fast! Carrie, a cat burglar, has ripped off the ring-leader of a drug racket and now he's after her blood.

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.

A drifter riding the rails gets mistaken for the new sheriff of a small town. He takes the police job and is immediately pressured to crack down on local organized crime.