# 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.

## 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

## External links

* Serial Mom quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Serial Mom at Rotten Tomatoes