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Every woman wants to be wanted… just not for Murder One!
Director John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray) brings his twisted cinematic vision to the seemingly mundane world of suburbia in Serial Mom, an outrageous dark comedy starring Kathleen Turner (Body Heat, Romancing The Stone).
Beverly (Turner) is the perfect happy homemaker. Along with her doting husband Eugene (Sam Waterston) and two children, Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard), she lives a life straight out of Good Housekeeping. But this nuclear family just might explode when Beverly's fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics – transforming her from middle class mom to mass murderer! Soon, the bodies begin to pile up… and suburbia faces a horror even worse than wearing white after Labor Day.
Featuring appearances by Mink Stole, Suzanne Somers, Traci Lords, and Patty Hearst, Serial Mom is a bloody hilarious tale that's as American as motherhood, the flag, and apple die.

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“This is John Waters' best film---outrageously funny and wildly weird. I'm so glad it's on sparkling Blu-ray now!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“VHS to Blu... amazing transfer.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“I love this movie. John waters just simply rules. The new artwork for the bluray is super cool. Highly recommend this movie. It's one of Kathleen Turner's best !!! She is amazing in it.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“One of my favorite black comedies, and this disc looks good and has some great extras!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“One of my all time favs from John Waters gets the Shout Factory treatment! Which is to say this is the definitive release.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“A few months before the Shout release, Serial Mom came up in a conversation with my kid. She is at a perfect age to be shocked silly and have her humor DNA altered. I had the DVD, but this called for BluRay. Actually it called for VHS rental, popcorn and cherry kool-aid, but I wanted to see a pristine print. So I went looking and was extremely confused about what seemed to only be a UK release or if there was a US release it was out of print. I gave up. I held off on showing the DVD. A few months later Shout announce their release with poster and then my copy finally arrived. The film totally sucked. Oh sorry, that was "Maximum Overdrive". Serial Mom, on the other hand is a perfect "dark" comedy. In quotes because it isn't dark-dark by 2017 terms, but maybe would be considered dark-stylized. It starts with subtle then not really subtle, then subtle goes missing. John Waters juxtaposes this against a sunny, sunny day to great effect. Another plus that took years for me to understand was how perfectly his team nails this time period. Wanna know what it was like then? That was it.”

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Posted 6 years ago