She hides at the video store where Chip is employed Emmy Lou Jenson, a customer, argues with Chip over being fined for failing to rewind a videotape, calling him a 'son of a psycho'. The service abruptly ends when everyone flees in panic after Beverly sneezes, during which she escapes as police attempt to arrest her.

On Sunday, police follow the Sutphins to church as Beverly is named as the prime suspect in the Sterners' murders. Meanwhile, the rest of the family and the police arrive at Scotty's house, only to find him masturbating to an erotic film. She stabs Betty with scissors borrowed from Rosemary Ackerman and pushes an air conditioner from their window onto Ralph. Unbeknownst to them, Beverly intends to kill Ralph and Betty Sterner for calling Eugene to treat the former's toothache on a day Eugene and Beverly planned to spend birdwatching, eating chicken, and critiquing Eugene's requests for perfect dental health. Beverly departs at that point fearing for Scotty's life, the others head for his house. That evening at dinner, Chip tells the family about his friend Scotty's suspicions. Beverly spots Carl with another girl at a swap meet and fatally stabs him with a fire iron.Īt Gracey's suggestion, Eugene discovers Beverly's serial killer memorabilia beneath their mattress, which includes recordings from Ted Bundy on the week of his execution. The following day, Misty is upset when Carl Pageant stands her up for a date. Subsequently, Beverly runs over Stubbins with her car, killing him stoner LuAnn Hodges witnesses the murder. At a PTA meeting, math teacher Paul Stubbins criticizes Chip's interest in horror films, believing that Beverly's parenting is adversely affecting his mental health. Beverly is later revealed to be the perpetrator, retaliating against Dottie for having taken a parking space from her.

However, she is secretly a serial killer, murdering those who she perceives to slight her and her family or fail to live up to her moral standards.ĭuring breakfast, Detectives Pike and Gracey question the family about the vulgar harassment of their neighbor, Dottie Hinkle. Plot īeverly Sutphin appears to be an unassuming upper middle class housewife living with her dentist husband, Eugene and their teenage children, Misty and Chip, in the suburbs of Baltimore. The film is widely regarded as a cult classic.

Serial Mom was released theatrically in the United States on Apto mixed to positive reviews from critics, but was a box office bomb, grossing nearly $8 million from a $13 million budget. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords, and Brigid Berlin make cameo appearances in the film. Serial Mom is a 1994 American black comedy crime film written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the title character, Sam Waterston as her husband, along with Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children.

A Fire Within by Kathleen Morgan