Movie
Polyester
It’s Scentsational!
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
More about Polyester
Cast
DivineFrancine Fishpaw
Tab HunterTodd Tomorrow
Edith MasseyCuddles Kovinsky
David SamsonElmer Fishpaw
Mary GarlingtonLu-Lu Fishpaw
Ken KingDexter Fishpaw
Mink StoleSandra SullivanCredits
- Directed by
- John Waters
- Written by
- John Waters
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $300K
- Box office
- $1.1M
Production
New Line CinemaUnited States- DreamlandUnited States
- Michael White ProductionsUnited Kingdom
