The movie is as much a satire of TV sitcoms as an ode to them. Waters built into “Serial Mom” the affection that audiences must have felt for TV shows like “Leave It to Beaver” and “Ozzie and Harriet.” He wanted the viewers to fantasize about the off-screen lives of the persona of those shows-to speculate about them as “real” human beings.
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The result was “ Serial Mom,” in 1994, a likable but soft satire of suburbanism. If your afternoon needs some humour then this quotable satire flick will do the job nicely.After making a movie about every decade he has lived in, Waters went back to a more contemporary humor with a story that takes place in the “real” world. Overall, Serial Mom is a camp classic, led by the deliciously wicked Kathleen Turner.
That scene really set the tone for me and the whole exchange was hilarious. The best scene for me was Beverly’s phone stalking. But ultimately for me it could have gone a few steps further. The film had just enough dark moments to balance out the laughs to keep it on the right track. Although it’s listed as a horror comedy I’d say it’s less horror and more comedy as lots of the gore is shied away from. Serial Mom is designed to offend the people it’s parodying and that’s pretty much everyone. How will Beverly get out of this one? Will she be executed like her pal Ted Bundy? The Sutphin family arrive, as do the police, and Beverly is arrested. While the all-girl band Camel Lips play in front of a deranged crowd. Scotty witnesses the attack through a window, Beverly sees him, and a car chase ensues.Ĭatching him at a local club, Hammerjack’s, Beverly sets Scotty aflame onstage. Jensen home and while singing along to “Tomorrow” on her rented copy of Annie, she bludgeons her with a leg of lamb. Jensen, argues with Chip over paying a fee for failing to rewind a videotape and calls him a “son of a psycho”.
She hides at the video rental store where Chip works, but a customer, Mrs. Police detectives confirm that Beverly’s fingerprints match those at the crime scene and attempt to arrest her, but she escapes. The church service ends in pandemonium when a suspicious sound causes everyone to panic and flee the church. That Sunday, police follow the Sutphins to church and a news report names Beverly as the suspect in the murders of the Sterners. She stabs Betty with scissors and causes an air conditioner to fall on Ralph, who caught her killing his wife. Ralph and his wife, Betty: who called Eugene away to treat her husband’s chronic toothache on a Saturday. Beverly’s real victims are patients of Eugene’s. However, Scotty is safe and sound, watching porn in his room. The family scramble together in the car, fearing the worst and hurry on over to Scotty’s place. They all share a laugh before Beverly abruptly leaves the house, leaving only a note behind. Later, during dinner, Chip mentions that his friend Scotty thinks she’s the killer. She even has a taped message from Ted Bundy recorded a week before his execution. Meanwhile Eugene has discovered a hidden stash of Beverly’s serial killer memorabilia under their bed.
With her friend’s newly purchased fire poker she murders him in the bathroom. Beverly spots the young man with another girl at a swap meet. The next day, Misty is upset when she’s stood up for a date. Unfortunately she’s witnessed by Luann Hodges, a young woman smoking marijuana nearby. During a PTA meeting he criticizes Chip’s interests (graphic horror films) and questions the boy’s mental health and family life, as well as berating her parenting. Stubbins, Chip’s math teacher, becomes Beverly’s first known murder victim. After the police and her family leave, Beverly disguises her voice to make obscene phone calls to Dottie, because Dottie stole a parking space from Beverly. However, she is secretly a serial killer, murdering people over the most trivial of perceived slights, including mere faux pas.ĭuring breakfast, Detectives Pike and Gracey arrive to question the family about the vulgar harassment of their neighbour, Dottie Hinkle. Serial Mom is a 1994 American black comedy crime film written and directed by John Waters.īeverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) appears to be a typical suburban housewife living with her dentist husband, Eugene (Sam Waterson), and their teenage children, Misty and Chip (Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard), in the suburbs of Baltimore.
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