![]() If you can't get on board with a candy-eating creature called "Monstor", then you should probably be reading another web site.ĭid I say I would visit this independent video store every single day? Scratch that. This is actually a "Monstor" vending machine by the Vendall corporation back in the eighties, and it makes it look like all the candies are inside the mouth of a big green monster with fierce red eyes. To top it all off, if you watch closely, you'll notice a candy machine in the background of the video store in a few scenes. That's right, just like in an old haunted house episode of Scooby Doo, the shelves actually moved to reveal a hidden room. Rarely could you get away with that sort of thing at Blockbuster Video before the manager told you to put something family friendly on instead, but many independent video stores just didn't care or worry about that sort of thing, and that's what made them so great.Īs if that's not enough, this shop even had a secret room hidden behind the horror movie shelves. And despite the disapproval of some of their customers, they always have R-rated horror movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre playing on the TV in the store. As a writer, I'm in the house enough as it is, so I relish opportunities to get out into the real world, and believe me, if I had a video store like the one that Beverly's son Chip (Matthew Lillard) works at, you can bet your ass I'd be there every single day.įirst off, they have a killer horror movies section, complete with a hand-drawn "horror" sign and homemade box covers printed on colored craft paper. I know services like Netflix are super convenient 'n all, but damn if I didn't love walking down the aisles of local video rental stores, checking out all the killer horror movie box art (I'm looking at you, The Video Dead). ![]() Independent video rental stores were amazing places.Įvery time I see an independent video rental store in a film, it just makes me want to see them make a huge comeback. Beverly whispers "fuck you" to her when nobody is watching, and this pushes Dottie completely over the edge, as she yells, " Fuck you too, you whore!" The judge warns her, but she just can't hold it in any more, so the bailiffs drag Dottie out of the courtroom as she's charged with contempt of court and sent to jail.Īnd why did all of this happen to poor ol' Dottie? Because she once unwittingly stole a parking space from Beverly. Towards the end of the film, Dottie appears in court as a witness against Beverly, trying to place the blame for all the prank calls on her. While Dottie is clearly becoming unhinged due to the stress of these calls, Beverly can barely contain her laughter. ![]() Shortly after, we see Beverly up in her room prank calling Dottie and unleashing a tidal wave of obscenities onto her. Naturally, they deny knowing anything about it and the detectives leave. ![]() They show Beverly and her husband Eugene one the the ransom-like letters which reads, " I'll get you pussy face" along with a smiley face. Near the start of the film, some detectives show up at the Sutphin family home to see if they know anything about the profane messages and prank phone calls their neighbor, Dottie Hinkle (Mink Stole), has been receiving. If you constantly call somebody "pussy face", they'll lose their mind. With that in mind, join me now as I attempt to extract useful life lessons from Serial Mom, and maybe, just maybe we'll all end up learning some better manners along the way too. While the movie is a dark comedy, that doesn't mean we can't find some useful morsels of knowledge in it too. ![]() It's absolutely hilarious watching Beverly descend deeper into madness as the film progresses, and you'll see exactly what I mean shortly. I'm not talking about serious offenses either I'm talking about things like chewing gum or somebody not wanting to date her daughter. The truth, however, is that she has uncontrollable homicidal impulses that rise to the surface whenever anybody does something she doesn't approve of. The story is all about Beverly Sutphin (portrayed by Kathleen Turner), who on the surface, appears to be a happy housewife living in suburbia with her family. John Waters has made some fantastic cult films over the years, but for my money, it just doesn't get any better than the dark comedy that is Serial Mom. Serial Mom is one of those movies that immediately brings me back to a the glory days of video rental stores, and man did I ever rent the hell out of this one when it finally came out on VHS. ![]()
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