| Director | Andy Warhol, Jack Smith |
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was cast as a mermaid in the film.]] Smith broke the film into six sequences. They follow a very loose plot without a clear narrative progression.
The red scene shows the Mermaid languishing indoors. In the swing scene, the Watermelon Man pursues a girl through foliage. When he catches up to her, he pushes her on a swing and they play with a sparkler. In the swamp scene, the girl is pursued by Uncle Pasty, whom she fends off by slamming a pie in his face. The Werewolf rises from the water and traps the Mermaid. After failing to carry her away, he instead offers her a soda.
In the green scene, a group of characters relax on a dock, and the Mongolian Child strokes a skull. A violinist performs as the Cobra Woman dances with her cobra. In the party scene, the characters move to a cow pasture and the Mermaid enjoys a milk bath. In the cake scene, a group of people dance on top of a large cake from which the Pink Faery emerges. The Mummy appears and attacks the dancers until the Mongolian Child shoots the other characters and climbs to the top of the cake.