Serial Mom

Serial Mom
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Waters
Written byJohn Waters
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert M. Stevens
Edited by
  • Janice Hampton
  • Erica Huggins
Music byBasil Poledouris
Production
company
Polar Entertainment Corporation
Distributed bySavoy Pictures
Release date
  • April 13, 1994 (1994-04-13)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[2]
Box office$7.8 million[2]

Serial Mom is a 1994 American satirical slasher film directed and written by John Waters[3][4] and starring Kathleen Turner as the title character along with Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords, and Brigid Berlin make cameo appearances in the film.

Serial Mom was released theatrically in the United States on April 13, 1994, to mixed to positive reviews from critics, but was a box office bomb, grossing nearly $8 million from a $13 million budget.[2] The film is widely regarded as a cult classic.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Serial Mom (18)". British Board of Film Classification. May 3, 1994. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies -- Female Trouble : Who Could Possibly Follow Divine?". The Los Angeles Times. September 13, 1992. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  4. ^ Katzman, Jason (September 28, 2006). "10 great dark comedies". Today.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  5. ^ Coffel, Chris (February 1, 2017). "Zap! Scream Factory to Release 'Serial Mom' on Blu-ray!". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "'Serial Mom': John Waters and Kathleen Turner Look Back on Their Comedy Classic". EW.com. May 10, 2017. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  7. ^ Trunick, Austin (May 8, 2017). "John Waters on his 1994 cult classic "Serial Mom"". undertheradarmag.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

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