Mr. David and his mistress, but they are too late: David and Bonnie, who have by this time decided that they have to kill Lady Divine to protect themselves, have left. Mr. David returns to Cookie's house, intending to kill Divine, instead he finds Cookie and fellow Cavalcade performer Ricky there. An argument ensues, and Bonnie accidentally kills Cookie. They tie up Ricky and hide Cookie's corpse just before Divine and Mink return. When Bonnie tries to shoot Lady Divine, Divine attacks and kills her with a knife. She then turns on Mr. David and eviscerates him as well, cannibalizing his internal organs, and becoming more frenzied. Ricky suddenly surprises Mink, who shoots him. In a fit of anger, Divine accuses Mink of betrayal and stabs her. Divine becomes even more crazed upon finding her daughter Cookie's body hidden behind the couch. Exhausted from the ordeal, Lady Divine collapses on a couch and is subsequently raped by Lobstora, a giant lobster. In the aftermath (mumbling "You're a maniac now, Divine"), she destroys a car, then wanders Baltimore trying to kill anyone she can. The National Guard appear, surround Lady Divine on the street, and shoot her, to the tune of "America the Beautiful". Cast Divine as Lady Divine David Lochary as Mr. David Mary Vivian Pearce as Bonnie Mink Stole as Mink / The Religious Whore Cookie Mueller as Cookie Divine Edith Massey as Edith the Barmaid / Virgin Mary Paul Swift as Steve George Figgs as Jesus Christ Michael Renner Jr. as The Infant of Prague Rick Morrow as Ricky Production Filming took place in Baltimore, Maryland. Waters has said he was influenced by Herschell Gordon Lewis's Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) when writing the film, and the title Multiple Maniacs is a direct reference. Waters stated in a 2015 interview with the British Film Institute that the giant lobster rape was played by Vince Peranio and his brother in a paper mache costume. The idea came from a combination of Salvador Dali, Jack Smith, a post card of giant lobster over the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts and most likely from taking LSD and cannabis. Release Multiple Maniacs had its world premiere in Baltimore on April 10, 1970. Waters later recalled that he toured the film throughout the United States, showing it at small arthouse theaters and other venues which often required a deposit to screen features. The film also