Serial Mom

Serial Mom is a 1994 dark comedy about a sweet mother who is secretly a serial killer.
 * Written and directed by John Waters.

Every mom wants to be wanted, but not for murder one!taglines

Beverly Sutphin

 * Officer, I'm sorry, but we don't allow gum in this house.
 * Life doesn't have to be ugly. Look at the birds out there; listen to their call. [makes bird noises] Hwee, hwee, hwee, hwee.
 * [after murdering someone] I don't know what it is about today but I feel great!
 * Are those... pussy willows?
 * [after bludgeoning Mrs. Jenson] Rewind!
 * Suzanne Sommers! This is my bad side!

Others

 * Eugene Sutphin: [during sex with Beverly] Oh honey, you are hot tonight!
 * Chip Sutphin: [in response to Misty telling the family about her new love interest] You sure can pick 'em.
 * Misty Sutphin: Chip! Our mother is Charles Manson!
 * Ralph Sterner: [while having teeth drilled] Help me Betty! He's worse than the dentist in the Marathon Man!
 * Marvin Pickles: There was a lady in the men's room, I swear! A pretty little lady, in the stall right next to me!
 * Police woman: Bingo boys, bust the bitch.
 * Emma Lou Jenson: [talking to her dog] Come on, lick Mommy's feet. Get 'em all wet!
 * Detective: Proceed with caution; she is armed. And fuckin' nuts!
 * Mrs. Jenson: [having to pay $1 extra to Chip for not rewinding the film] Keep the change you son of a psycho!

Dialogue

 * Chip: Hey, dad, have you ever seen Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer?
 * Eugene: I most certainly have not!


 * Eugene: Listen to this, [reading from the newspaper] "Hillside Strangler gets his college degree in prison".
 * Beverly: That's nice, dear.
 * Eugene: Nice? He should have been executed!
 * Misty: He killed people, mom!
 * Beverly: We all have our bad days.


 * Chip: Is there a killer loose?!
 * Detective Pike: No, son, nothing that exciting.


 * [Beverly calls Dottie Hinkle]
 * Dottie Hinkle: Hello?
 * Beverly Sutphin: Is this the Cocksucker residence?
 * Dottie Hinkle: God damn you! Stop calling here!
 * Beverly Sutphin: Isn't this 4215 Pussy Way?
 * Dottie Hinkle: You bitch!
 * Beverly Sutphin: Now let me check the zip code. Two-one-two-fuck-you?
 * Dottie Hinkle: The police are tracing this call this very minute.
 * Beverly Sutphin: Well, Dottie Hinkle, then why aren't they here, huh, fuckface?
 * Dottie Hinkle: FUCK YOU! [hangs up]
 * Beverly Sutphin: [laughs manically]
 * [Beverly immediately calls Dottie back]
 * Dottie Hinkle: Didn't I just say fuck you!?
 * Beverly Sutphin: [in a different voice] I beg your pardon!
 * Dottie Hinkle: Who is this?
 * Beverly Sutphin: Mrs. Wilson from the telephone company. I understand you're having problems with an obscene phone caller?
 * Dottie Hinkle: Yes, I am; I'm sorry, Mrs. Wilson, but this is driving me crazy! I have my number changed twice already. I'm a divorced woman, please help me.
 * Beverly Sutphin: Well what exactly does this sick individual say to you?
 * Dottie Hinkle: I can't say the words out loud, I don't use bad language.
 * Beverly Sutphin: Oh well, I know it's difficult, but we need to know the exact words.
 * Dottie Hinkle: I'll try. Cocksucker, that's what she calls me.
 * Beverly Sutphin: [reverting to the original voice] Listen to your filthy mouth, you fuckin' whore!
 * Dottie Hinkle: Goddamn you!
 * Beverly Sutphin: Motherfucker!
 * Dottie Hinkle: Cocksucker!


 * Chip: So happy I could shit.
 * Beverly: Chip! You know how I hate the brown word.


 * Misty: Mother! It's Carl! He's dead!
 * Beverly: How horrible. Oh, I just sold the Peewee Herman doll!


 * Dottie Hinkle: Nice as pie she was to me, then I hear her say it.
 * Detective: Say what?
 * Dottie Hinkle: Are those... I can't say the words out loud.
 * Detective: Could you tell a police woman the exact words she used?
 * Dottie Hinkle: Maybe.
 * Police woman: It's okay, nobody's gonna hurt you. Come on, let it out.
 * Dottie Hinkle: PUSSY! That's what she said to me! PUSSY WILLOW!


 * Chip: You know, Mom, Scotty thinks you're the killer.
 * Beverly: [laughs] Does he? You know, for someone who doesn't wear his seatbelt Scotty sure is nosy.


 * Chip: Tell me the truth, Mom. Really, it's okay with me. Are you a serial killer?
 * Beverly: Chip, the only serial I know anything about is Rice Krispies!


 * Birdie: You're bigger than Freddy and Jason now! Only you're a real person!
 * Beverly: Do you think I need a lawyer?
 * Chip: You need an agent!


 * Beverly: Mrs. Hinkle, do you drink?
 * Dottie Hinkle: No, I don't.
 * Beverly: So you were not drunk when you received those allegedly obscene phone calls?
 * Dottie Hinkle: I certainly was not.
 * Beverly: You mean to tell me the day I came over to Mrs. Ackerman's, the day you claim you recognized my voice, you were not drinking?
 * Dottie Hinkle: One beer with lunch is hardly drinking.
 * Beverly: So you do drink?
 * Dottie Hinkle: Socially. I'll have a beer.
 * Beverly: So you admit you just lied?
 * Dottie Hinkle: No I don't, you bitch!
 * Judge: Watch your mouth, Mrs. Hinkle.
 * [Beverly whispers "fuck you" to Dottie]
 * Dottie Hinkle: Did you see that?! She just said "fuck you" to me!
 * Beverly: Let the record show I'm merely standing here!
 * Dottie Hinkle: Fuck you too, you whore!
 * Judge: I'm warning you, Mrs. Hinkle. One more obscenity and I'll charge you with contempt of court.
 * Beverly: Mrs. Hinkle, are you insane?
 * Dottie Hinkle: No I'm not, you motherfucker!
 * Judge: Mrs. Hinkle, I found you guilty of contempt, and I sentence you to a $1,000 fine and five days in jail. Lock her up.
 * Dottie Hinkle: You cocksucker! You lousy pig fucker! You bitch! You ugly whore! Let go of me!


 * Beverly: You can't wear white shoes after Labor Day!
 * Juror #8: That's not true anymore.
 * Beverly: Yes it is! Didn't your mother tell you?
 * Juror #8: No! Please!  Fashion has changed!
 * Beverly: No, it hasn't.

Taglines

 * Every Mom Wants to Be Wanted, But Not For Murder One!
 * She's a fabulous, loving, caring mother, who er... ...happens to be a serial killer!
 * At least she meant well.

Cast

 * Kathleen Turner - Beverly R. Sutphin
 * Sam Waterston - Eugene Sutphin
 * Ricki Lake - Misty Sutphin
 * Matthew Lillard - Chip Sutphin
 * Mary Jo Catlett - Rosemary Ackerman
 * Justin Whalin - Scotty Barnhill
 * Patricia Dunnock - Birdie
 * Mink Stole - Dottie Hinkle
 * Patricia Hearst - Juror #8