Serial mom 1994 a seemingly perfect wife and mother kathleen turner from baltimore gains celebrity status as a serial killer. Parents should use extreme caution especially since john waters, for his part, does enjoy gore imagery and badtaste stuff for its own sake, and he gives. As other slights befall her beloved family, the body count begins to increase, and the police get closer to the truth, threatening the familys picture perfect world. Serial mom 1994 cast and crew a seemingly perfect wife and mother kathleen turner from baltimore gains celebrity status as a serial killer. Serial mom has as its central joke and a very longrunning joke it is that beverly sutphin, a cheerful baltimore housewife who makes terrific meatloaf, is a serial killer. Serial mom is a 1994 american crime film written and directed by john waters, and starring kathleen turner as the title character. Kathleen turner, ricki lake, sam waterston, suzanne somers, matthew lillard, mary jo catlett official content from hbo video cult hero. Serial mom 1994 allmovie movies and films database. The dark comedy is the story of beverly sutphin, played by kathleen turner, who seems to be a normal wife and mother in a suburb of baltimore. Director john waters pink flamingos, hairspray brings his twisted cinematic vision to the seemingly mundane world of suburbia in serial mom, an outrageous dark comedy starring kathleen turner body heat, romancing the stone. Serial mom is a wonderful black comedy from john waters, and starring kathleen turner as a perfect housewife who turns to murder for the silliest of reasons. Drew and travis visit the suburbs of john waters 1994 true crime spoof, serial mom. In a way, it was a direct competitor to the ford taurus, being a bit more futuristic in design that its predecessors.
Every woman wants to be wanted just not for murder one. Serial mom doesnt make you feel contaminated for watching it, like natural born killers does, even though the two movies share much in common in criticizing a sickocrazed media mindset. Get serial mom dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. Serial mom is a satirical black comedy from writerdirector john waters. A sweet mother finds herself participating in homicidal. Beverly sutphin is perceived as a sweet mom that lives a normal life in a baltimore suburb with her dentist husband, eugene and their two kids, misty and chip. Mainstream john waters is weirder than underground john waters. Jul 02, 2015 serial mom gets into threeway cuss fight with bette davis and joan crawford duration. Serial mom films in films its all about film in film. Apr, 2017 but this nuclear family just might explode when beverlys fascination with serial killers collides with her eversoproper code of ethics transforming her from middle class mom to mass murderer. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the neighbor. After a brief stint in hollywood family friendly mainstream fare john waters returned to a more adult feature with serial mom.
Serial mom gets into threeway cuss fight with bette davis and joan crawford duration. Watch serial mom starring kathleen turner in this mysterycrime on directv. May 09, 2017 serial mom collector s edition film comedy. Serial mom is one of the most consistently funny films in. Film trailers are inherently advertisements, and as such i present them here under fair use to our mutual benefit. The film stars kathleen turner as a middle aged suburban mother who becomes murderously protective over her family whenever she feels they or herself have been wronged. Released may 15th, 1994, serial mom stars kathleen turner, sam waterston, ricki lake, matthew lillard the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of 64 out of 100 on. Rent serial mom 1994 starring kathleen turner and ricki lake on dvd and bluray. I think this is a 1990 which was the celebritys last year and was only available as a wagon. Serial mom, his latest and one of his best, is like an early 60s tv sitcom that keeps lunging into profane. Opening on a sunlit suburban breakfast table surrounded by a stereotypical white middleclass family, john waters serial mom 1994 proceeds to unrelentingly and hilariously skewer smalltown community values through the story of beverly sutphin kathleen turner, a smiling, stoic, and devoted wife and mother who dabbles in serial.
Theres no time wasted with motivations or plausibility, just pure sociopathic mayhem it only takes a few minutes for the film to get its first big laugh with a striking swerve into husky. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in serial mom 1994. But this nuclear family just might explode when beverlys fascination with serial killers collides with her eversoproper code of ethics transforming her from middle class mom to mass murderer. Serial mom 1994 john waters synopsis, characteristics. Serial mom 1994 trivia 34 add new this was matthew lillards first film. Sweetness only takes her so far though, and eventually, the cops are on her tail, and the film does sag towards the end with its courtroom scenes, but only because the front half is so.
When she experiences the smallest slight or insult, she. Serial mom takes a sharp, satirical look at our obsession with serial killers and is a witty glorification of violence for comedy. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. When he noticed that kathleen turner had memorized everyones names from the call sheets. With kathleen turner, sam waterston, ricki lake, matthew lillard. Patty hearst, suzanne somers, joan rivers, traci lords, and brigid berlin make cameo appearances in the film the film was released theatrically in the united states on april.
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A sweet mother finds herself participating in homicidal activities when she sees the occasion call for it. The film is a parody of made for tv true crime flicks and it hits every note associated with that including time and date stamps disclaimers. When she experiences the smallest slight or insult, she feels the need to exact an extraordinary level of revenge. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto int. Video americain, baltimores best video store one of the best pros of working in. Patty hearst, suzanne somers, joan rivers, traci lords, and brigid berlin make cameo appearances in the film. He wrote and directed the 1988 film hairspray which became an international success and turned into a hit broadway musical which has remained in almost continuous production.
Serial mom is certainly more of a concept than an actual story, but waters smartly doesnt fuck around trying to make it into more than it needs to be. Serial mom is a 1994 american comedy crime film written and directed by john waters, and starring kathleen turner as the title character, sam waterston as her husband, and ricki lake and matthew lillard as her children. Waters has written and directed other successful films, including polyester 1981, crybaby 1990, serial mom 1994, pecker 1998, and cecil b. Theres also a sharp critique of the media here as youd expect from the man who gave us hairspray and pecker. Serial kiler mom u dont wear white after labor day. Serial mom 1994 full movie download full hd youtube.