John Waters released four films between 1990 and 2000, considered the post-underground era of his career. I will write about all four of these films here, starting with the first: Cry-Baby (1990), a musical rom-com with a great cast. Starring Johnny Depp as a juvenile delinquent and Ricki Lake as his “square” beloved, though I’d rather spend time with Mona “Hatchet Face” Malnorowski (Kim McGuire) and wild-riding parents The Rickettes (legends Iggy Pop, Susan Tyrrell). Serial Mom (1994) is the biggest hit of the four and never gets old with Kathleen Turner thoroughly enjoying her role as middle-class mom on a killing spree. Watch for riot grrrl band L7 as The Camel Lips. Pecker (1998) follows a young working-class Baltimore photographer (adorable Edward Furlong) with an eye for the quirks all around him, his big exhibition in NYC bringing about more trouble than opportunity. A favorite among the four for my artsier friends, usually prompting repetitions of the phrase “Full of Grace! Full of Grace!” Cecil B. Demented proved a flop upon release but gained loyalists on DVD, as it should being such a fun homage to underground cinema and its loyalists at large. The cinema terrorists in this pre-9/11 dark comedy plot the downfall of mainstream Hollywood—in the name of filmmakers like William Castle, Kenneth Anger, Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar, Fassbinder, Herschell Gordon Lewis, et al.