1. Serial Mom True Story

Contents.Plot Beverly Sutphin appears to be a typical suburban housewife living with her dentist husband, Eugene, and their teenage children, Misty and Chip, in the suburbs of. However, she is secretly a, murdering people over the most trivial of perceived slights, including mere.During breakfast, Detectives Pike and Gracey arrive to question the family about the vulgar harassment of their neighbor, Dottie Hinkle. After the police and her family leave, Beverly disguises her voice to make obscene phone calls to Dottie, revealed in a flashback to be retaliation for Dottie previously stealing a parking space from Beverly. Later that day, Mr. Stubbins, Chip's math teacher, becomes Beverly's first known murder victim after he criticizes Chip's interests and questions the boy's mental health and family life, as well as berating her parenting. Beverly runs Mr.

Stubbins over with her car, and is witnessed by Luann Hodges, a young woman smoking nearby. The next day, Misty is upset when Carl Pageant stands her up for a date.

Beverly spots Carl with another girl at a and murders him in the bathroom with a fireplace poker.Eugene discovers that Beverly has hidden a collection of serial killer memorabilia beneath their mattress. That evening at dinner, Chip comments that his friend Scotty thinks that she is the killer. Beverly immediately leaves in her car, prompting the family to rush to Scotty's house for fear that Beverly plans to kill him; however, Beverly has actually gone to kill Eugene's patient Ralph Sterner and his wife, Betty, for calling Eugene away to treat her husband's chronic toothache on a Saturday they were supposed to spend, and for eating chicken that reminds her of the starlings. She stabs Betty with scissors borrowed from the Sutphins' neighbor Rosemary, and pushes an air conditioner from a second-story window onto Ralph, standing on the walkway below.

Meanwhile, the rest of the family and the police arrive at Scotty's house, only to find him in his room masturbating to an old porn video.That Sunday, police follow the Sutphins to church and a news report names Beverly as the suspect in the Sterners' murders. The service ends in pandemonium when the sound of Beverly sneezing causes everyone to panic and flee the church. Police detectives confirm that Beverly's fingerprints match those at the Sterner crime scene and attempt to arrest her, but she escapes. She hides at the video rental store where Chip works, but a customer, Mrs. Jensen, argues with Chip over paying a fee for failing to rewind a videotape and calls him a 'son of a '. Beverly follows Mrs.

Jensen home and a while she sings along to ' on her rented copy of. Scotty witnesses the attack through a window, Beverly sees him, and a car chase ensues. Catching him at a local club, Beverly sets Scotty aflame onstage in front of a deranged crowd during the set of an called Camel Lips.

Sirius radio channel guide. The Sutphin family arrive, as do the police, and Beverly is arrested.Beverly's trial becomes a national sensation. The media dub her 'Serial Mom', Chip hires an agent to manage the family's media appearances and Misty sells outside the courthouse. During opening arguments, Beverly's lawyer claims that she is, but she fires him and proposes to, citing various law books she has read to her prosecutor's dismay. The judge reluctantly agrees and the trial begins. Beverly proves to be extremely skilled and formidable in defending herself, systematically discrediting nearly every witness against her by using trick questioning to incite Dottie to by repeated obscenities; finding a -themed magazine in Gracey's trash, invoking that judging a person by what they choose to read proves nothing; badgering Rosemary into admitting she doesn't recycle; and fanning her legs repeatedly at pervert Marvin Pickles, witness to Carl's murder, whose resulting over-arousal causes him to commit. The only witness she does not actively discredit is Luann Hodges, but Hodges is unable to provide credible testimony anyway, due to being under the influence of marijuana. During Pike's crucial testimony, the entire courtroom (including the judge and jury) is distracted by the arrival of, who plans to portray Beverly as the heroine of a.Beverly is acquitted of all charges, stunning her family, who vow to 'never get on her nerves'.

Serial Mom True Story

Throughout the trial, Beverly has been displeased that a juror is wearing white shoes after. Beverly follows her to a payphone and fatally strikes her in the head with the receiver. Somers then angers Beverly into an outburst by trying to pose for a picture that will show Beverly's 'bad side', just as the juror's body is discovered.The film ends with a close-up of Beverly's wicked smile and a caption stating that Beverly 'refused to cooperate' with the making of the film.Cast.

as Beverly Sutphin. as Eugene Sutphin. as Misty Sutphin. as Chip Sutphin.

Scott Wesley Morgan as Detective Pike. as Detective Gracey. Patricia Dunnock as Birdie. as Dottie Hinkle. as Rosemary Ackerman. as Scotty Barnhill.

as Timothy Nazlerod. as Juror No. 8. Lonnie Horsey as Carl Pageant. as Carl's date. Tim Caggiano as Marvin A. Pickles.

Jeff Mandon as Howell Hawkins. Kim Swann as Luann Hodges. Kathy Fannon as Betty Sterner. Patsy Grady Abrams as Mrs. Jenson. as Book buyer. Rosemary Knower and as Court groupies.

as herself. as herself. as Camel Lips. ( uncredited) as Eugene's dental secretary. ( uncredited) as voice ofProduction During pre-production, Waters suggested other actresses for the role of Beverly including, and, before Turner was cast.

Films by Waters' creative influences, including, and, are seen playing on television sets throughout the film.The audio for in one of Beverly's correspondences with the jailed killer is the voice of Waters.Release The film was screened out of competition at the. Critical reception The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and currently holds a 63% rating on based on 48 reviews. Awarded it an average two stars (out of a possible four) finding some of Waters' satire effective but feeling that Kathleen Turner's decision to portray her character's mental illness with realism instead of in a campy fashion, while brave, made the character difficult to laugh at, writing, 'Watch Serial Mom closely and you'll realize that something is miscalculated at a fundamental level.

Turner's character is helpless and unwitting in a way that makes us feel almost sorry for her—and that undermines the humor. She isn't funny crazy, she's sick crazy.' However, other critics were more enthusiastic about the film and Turner's performance; stated in their review that 'Turner has never been so over the top hilarious!' , and Scene magazine called the film 'Hysterically funny!'

.Critics lauded Waters' style and savage satire of the US' obsession with, such as when Beverly's daughter, Misty, is seen selling T-shirts outside the courthouse where her mother's fate will be decided.Box office The film opened on April 13, 1994 and grossed $2,040,450 in its opening weekend, ranking #11. By the end of its run on August 4, the film had grossed $7,820,688 in domestic box office sales. The film has become a since its release. Home media and released a collector's edition of the film on May 6, 2008, replacing the original DVD release, which is out of print. The new DVD release features an with Waters and Turner. The film was released as a Collector's Edition from on May 9, 2017.References. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

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