a lot of people look at the performance in water early film a crude but i think both multiple maniac and pink flamingo ( and and to a less degree and mondo trasho ) be a testament to the talent the water troupe really have . divine have probably be discuss enough though i think she remain sadly underrated a an actress but what stand out for me in maniac be david lochary performance . he steal the show and improbably manages to provide some genuine soul to a contemptible character and perhaps because he look positively saintly compare to divine . lochary be funny and sincere and scared and ultimately empathetic a the helpless and brainwash victim of the implacable force which be the lady divine . you couldn not just hire regular actor to play the lochary or divine role you have to have the real deal and the magic of these movie do come from the superior casting . i think water early film be by far his best and the movie he make before he learn how to make movie . some of his late work be cute but never a engage and fresh a maniac and flamingo . how exactly do water manage to combine slimy depravity with wide eyed innocence in equal dos . the rosary job be perhaps the fine scene water ever concoct and then there lobstora and one of the most inspired moment the cinema have ever bring u . i do not think of maniac a mere camp . i think it genuinely great film make with far more verve and inventiveness than most of the so call well make academy fare .