Serial Mom

1994 · 95 min · R-rated · 6.8/10 on IMDb

Also known as [Serial Mother].

comedy, crime, thriller

Happy homemaker Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) has a charmed life--a beautiful suburban home, a successful dentist husband (Sam Waterston), and two normal teenagers, Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard). But she also has a good deal of underlying rage waiting to escape....Just be sure to follow her rules: Be polite to your neighbor, always recycle, rewind your videotapes, and never, ever wear white shoes after Labor Day. When one of her son's teachers speaks disparagingly of the boy at a parent-teacher conference, Bev runs the instructor over in the school parking lot. Suddenly she has an insatiable taste for murder. Six homicides later, the cops get wise to her crimes, which are committed with weapons ranging from a leg of lamb to a fireplace poker. A media frenzy ensues, turning an unrepentant Beverly into a media celebrity.

Director: John Waters, Actors: John Waters, Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Justin Whalin, Mary Jo Catlett, Patricia Dunnock, Mink Stole, Lonnie Horsey

USA

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Atlantic-06, Atlantic-20

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