10 Quirky Comedies: ‘Serial Mom’

“Serial Mom” (1994) – Life appears normal in the Baltimore suburbs, and so do the Sutphins.  Dad (Sam Waterston) is a successful dentist, Mom (Kathleen Turner) is a prideful homemaker, and their kids Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard) are well-adjusted teens, but yes, accompanied with their own sets of issues.  Well, there is one glaring difference between the Sutphins and most other families:  Mom is a serial killer. Director/writer John Waters throws a monkey wrench in the form of Kathleen Turner into a sea of manicured neighborhoods, flea…