Cult Cafe
SERIAL MOM
Saturday, June 22nd at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Cult Cafe
will now be held in the theater on the big screen!
Though entirely fictional, John Waters’s
dark comedy Serial Mom satirizes the true-crime genre. Beverly
Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) is a
suburban housewife often compared to June Cleaver. But the charming Beverly is
secretly prone to murdering her neighbors for perceived crimes against polite
society, such as wearing white after Labor Day and neglecting to rewind a
rented videocassette. While on trial, Beverly becomes a media sensation, and is
even set to be portrayed by Suzanne Somers in a made-for-television movie—the
very kind Waters is spoofing. Though it was not a success at the box office
upon release, Serial Mom has been propelled into cult classic
status ever since. Also starring Matthew
Lillard, Sam Waterson, & Ricki Lake. (USA, 1994, 95 mins, R, English | Dir. John Waters)