Return to Mortville (2026)

Step into the grimy, glorious underbelly of cinematic rebellion with this exclusive Criterion extra from *Desperate Living*. Join visionary writer-director John Waters on a wild tour of the Baltimore landmark that became Mortville—a lawless penal colony teeming with runaways, misfits, and madcaps. Here, the unhinged housewife Peggy Gravel and her vengeful maid find shelter under the iron thumb of the tyrannical Queen Carlotta. Relive the chaos of this cult classic through Waters’ own twisted lens, where every corner reeks of defiance and decadence.