Looking for some laughs? Serial Mom will deliver those for you. The film stars a mom (Kathleen Turner plays Beverly Sutphin) who is rigid 1950′s type of mom, but has a very dark side. If you wear white shoes after Labor Day, steal her parking spot at a grocery store, or do any other social faux pas you may incur her wrath.

Sutphin looks like a mom that is modelled after Mary Poppins or Beverly Cleaver, but she has a secret admiration for Ted Bundy and Charles Manson. To her family and friends she looks like the nice mom, but when her bad side shows, she goes on killing rampages with a variety of different “weapons”, including a leg of lamb.

Don’t be fooled by the opening statement, “”This film is a true story. The screenplay is based on court testimony. Sworn Declarations. And hundreds of interviews conducted by the film-makers. Some of the innocent characters’ names have been changed in the interest of a larger truth. / No one involved in the crimes received any form of financial compensation,” as non of these antics (thankfully) really happened.

The film bombed at the Box Office (only 8 Million dollars earned on a 13 Million dollar budget) but did gain a sort of cult following its video release. The video is a good social commentary as it shows how the media frenzy can glorify this type of behavior and make stars out of some of the weirdest people out there. If you like zany comedies and enjoy a little violence on the screen, this is a must see. Cast includes a young Ricki Lake, Sam Waterson and Traci Lords.