Serial Mom
Serial Mom is a 1994 dark comedy about a sweet mother who is secretly a serial killer.
Every mom wants to be wanted, but not for murder one!taglines
- Written and directed by John Waters.
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. We understand you're having some trouble with an obscene phone caller?
- Dottie Hinkle: Oh, Mrs. Wilson, I'm so sorry. These calls are driving me crazy! 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 yes, 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: Cock sucker!
- 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 weren't drunk when you received those alleged 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 weren't 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 her?! 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 mother fucker!
- 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