Serial Mom
Serial Mom is a 1994 American satirical black comedy crime thriller film directed and written by John Waters and starring Kathleen Turner as the title character along with Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords, and Brigid Berlin make cameo appearances in the film.
Plot
Beverly Sutphin appears to be an unassuming upper middle class housewife living with her dentist husband, Eugene; and their teenage children, Misty and Chip, in the suburbs of Baltimore. However, she is secretly a serial killer, murdering those who she perceives to slight her and her family or fail to live up to her moral standards.
More details
| author | John Waters |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Baltimore |
| director | John Waters |
| editor | Erica Huggins Janice Hampton |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | comedy crime thriller |
| keywords | air conditioner annie arrest birdwatch cannabis culture carjack eat even fatally strikes her fire iron flea market hammerjack\'s horror film kill labor day lamb to the slaughter live performance math teacher meet mental health middle class open parent parent–teacher association park photo op prime suspect psycho psychopathy pta record stoner swap meet ted bundy unassuming video store wearing white shoes after labor day |
| musicBy | Basil Poledouris |
| productionCompany | Polar Entertainment Corporation |
| publisher | Savoy Pictures |
| recordedAt | Baltimore |
| theme | black comedy comedy thriller crime comedy independent satirical serial killer |