Serial Mom (1994) is an American satirical comedy written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the titular character, Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her daughter and son. Despite statements to the contrary in the movie, the story is completely fictional. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords, Kathy Bates and Brigid Berlin make cameo appearances in the film.
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Serial Mom (1994) is an American satirical comedy written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the titular character, Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her daughter and son. Despite statements to the contrary in the movie, the story is completely fictional. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords, Kathy Bates 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.
Behind her genteel facade, Baltimore housewife Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) is really a sociopathic serial killer, cheerfully decimating those whom she deems a threat to her traditional family values. However, after the police finally expose her heinous crimes, she finds herself thrust into the spotlight...
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