Serial Mom is a 1994 American dark satire written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the title character, 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. Movies by Waters' creative influences, including Russ Meyer, Otto Preminger, William Castle, and Herschell Gordon Lewis, are seen playing on television sets throughout the film. The film was screened out of competition at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Though the beginning of the... movie says that everything in it is true, when questioned, John Waters said he made it up, as a gag. Beverly Sutphin appears to be a typical suburban housewife living with her dentist husband Eugene and their children, Misty and Chip in the suburbs of Baltimore. Behind her chipper façade, however, she is a serial killer, murdering people over the smallest criticism, insult or slight.
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| Release date: | April 13, 1994 |
| Directed by: | John Waters |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Fiedler, Mark Tarlov, John Fiedler |
| Editor: | Janice Hampton, Erica Huggins |
| Music by: | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography: | Robert M. Stevens |
| Screenplay by: | John Waters |
| Estimated budget: | $13,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |