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Serial Mom is a 1994 American satirical black comedy slasher film directed and written by John Waters and starring Kathleen Turner as the title character along with Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children.
- $13 million
- Basil Poledouris
- April 13, 1994
May 7, 2021 · In fact, if there’s any real basis for the mom in the film, it might be John’s own mother. Serial Mom has always been her favorite of his works, and he based the character’s fussy high standards at least in part on her.
May 7, 2020 · Waters, as a true crime aficionado himself, understands the appeal of grizzly, unimaginable human tragedy, and unsurprisingly, he riddles Serial Mom with dozens of references to murder and crime sprees, both in real-life and imagined. What follows is a Waters-approved top hits in True Crime history:
Oct 6, 2005 · A doting mother impales her daughter's cheating boyfriend with a poker purchased at a swap meet, then daintily plucks his dripping heart from the shaft. She crushes a...
- Former Times Staffer
Serial Mom: Directed by John Waters. With Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard. She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her children happy.
- John Waters
- 3 min
May 9, 2017 · John Waters talks about his satire of suburban repression and hypocrisy, starring Kathleen Turner as a murderous housewife. He reveals his influences, from Herschell Gordon Lewis to William Castle, and his memories of making the film.
May 10, 2017 · Serial Mom was true-crime. Each one was satirizing a certain genre. TURNER: I said, “As long as you’re going to do it this way, then yes.” I walked into a storm of resistance, from agents ...
