Some of his favorites included
Door to Door Maniac, I Dismember Mama, and the works of the "King of Shock," William Castle.
In high school Waters ventured into the arena of moviemaking himself. His grandmother, trying to nurture a creative talent that his family felt could lead him astray, gave Waters a movie camera as a gift. Waters was soon underway producing a movie titled "Hag in a Black Leather Jacket," a romp featuring the trials of Ku Klux Klansman performing an interracial wedding ceremony. Waters commented to Lodge that "It was terrible. It was shot on the roof of my parents' house, and I never even edited it." Waters eventually arranged for a showing of his work at a coffee house in Baltimore and was able to turn a profit of $20.00.
Around this time, Waters was entranced by a neighborhood boy named Glenn Milstead, who was fond of dressing in women's outfits and going by the name of Divine. Unfortunately Milstead was almost run out of town because of his behavior--he was constantly beaten up at his school.
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