Return to Mortville

Name: Return to Mortville
Director: Unknown
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-06-23
Duration: 14 min
Cast: John Waters, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, Jean Hill

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2026 · 14 min · Documentary · TMDB 1.0/10

Overview

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.

Cast

John Waters — Self
Mink Stole — Self (archive footage)
Susan Lowe — Self (archive footage)
Mary Vivian Pearce — Self (archive footage)
Jean Hill — Self (archive footage)