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Watch the deranged trail­er for John Waters’ lost clas­sic Mul­ti­ple Maniacs

10 Jan 2017

This so-called cel­lu­loid atroc­i­ty’ is com­ing to cin­e­mas for the first time ever.

Hav­ing been unavail­able on any for­mat for the best part of 30 years, John Waters’ glo­ri­ous­ly grotesque sec­ond fea­ture is final­ly com­ing to the UK. From 17 Feb­ru­ary you’ll be able to watch the full, un-cut, new­ly restored ver­sion of the Pope of Trash’s infa­mous 1970 film at cin­e­mas across the country.

Star­ring Waters’ reg­u­lar cast, the Dream­lan­ders (includ­ing Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cook­ie Mueller), Mul­ti­ple Mani­acs is a dan­ger­ous­ly depraved, joy­ous­ly anar­chist mas­ter­work from an artist who has rel­ished push­ing the lim­its of taste dur­ing his career. We spoke to Waters recent­ly for our lat­est print edi­tion, which you can buy here. It’s an unmiss­able chat with a true pio­neer of Amer­i­can counterculture.

If you do hap­pen to miss this rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to catch Mul­ti­ple Mani­acs on the big screen, it might inter­est you to know that the film is also being released on Blu-ray on 20 March cour­tesy of The Cri­te­ri­on Collection.

Striking black-and-white film poster for "Multiple Maniacs" featuring a close-up of a woman's face with a menacing expression. Bold red text advertises the film as "restored, reviled, revolting".
Two illustrated book covers depicting a smiling Black man wearing a hat and tie, with a city skyline in the background

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