Review of Pink Flamingos (1972) by Roy D — 08 Jul 2008

As far as films made to shock and disgust it's hard to beat Pink Flamingos from 1972. Divine is, erm... divine as the self proclaimed filthiest person alive, and director John Waters goes out of his way to be controversial... There's a black market baby ring in which girls are kidnapped & impregnated and their babies sold to lesbians, a chicken gets (genuinely) crushed to death in a sex scene, Divine (genuinley) eats dog shit, Divine (a transvestive man playing a female character in the film) gives a (genuine) blow job to "her" son (surely the first "hardcore" scene in a non-pornographic film), police raid a party only to be killed and eaten...

It's as low budget as a porno and the acting is about that kind of level too, yet there's something about this film. I have issues with the chicken scene admittedly, but there's something peculiarly charming about the whole thing...