Glamour has never been more grotesque than in John Waters' dark comedy, Female Trouble, which sees a high-school delinquent hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas turn into a fame monster with egomaniacal impulses.

Made directly after his notorious cult hit Pink Flamingos and with much of the same cast, John Waters’ 1974 film was the director's favourite of his work with his larger-than-life muse, Divine. In this film, Divine plays Dawn Davenport, a delinquent high-schooler who is hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas. The course of the film sees Dawn turn into a fame monster with egomaniacal impulses that land her in the electric chair. Dawn is the living embodiment of the film’s lurid mantra, "Crime is beauty."