Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
Acting
Kathleen Turner's deranged smile should be studied in schools.
Direction
John Waters at his most accessible—still absolutely unhinged.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it'll leave paper cuts.
Director
John Waters
Kathleen Turner
Beverly Sutphin
Sam Waterston
Eugene Sutphin
Ricki Lake
Misty Sutphin
Matthew Lillard
Chip Sutphin
Scott Morgan
Detective Pike
Walt MacPherson
Detective Gracey
Justin Whalin
Scotty
Mink Stole
Dottie Hinkle
Mary Jo Catlett
Rosemary Ackerman
John Badila
Mr. Stubbins
Doug Roberts
Ralph Sterner
Traci Lords
Carl's Date
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kathleen Turner based Beverly's voice on her own mother, then cranked it to eleven.
Waters wrote this during the Menendez brothers trial, directly satirizing America's obsession with turning killers into celebrities.
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