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Return to Mortville
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Return to Mortville

2026-06-23 · 14 min · ★ 1.0

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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.

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John WatersJohn WatersSelf
Mink StoleMink StoleSelf (archive footage)
Susan LoweSusan LoweSelf (archive footage)
Mary Vivian PearceMary Vivian PearceSelf (archive footage)
Jean HillJean HillSelf (archive footage)
Edith MasseyEdith MasseySelf (archive footage)
Liz RenayLiz RenaySelf (archive footage)
Vincent PeranioVincent PeranioSelf (archive footage)

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