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Beverly Sutphin ( Kathleen Turner ) appears to be a typical suburban housewife living with her dentist husband Eugene ( Sam Waterston ) and their children, Misty ( Ricki Lake ) and Chip ( Matthew Lillard ) in the suburbs of Baltimore.

Behind her chipper façade, however, she is a serial killer, murdering people over the smallest criticism, insult or slight.

The film opens with the Sutphin family having breakfast and Beverly attentively taking care of family's needs until two police officers arrive to question the family about the mail threats and obscene phone calls to a fellow resident of the area, Dottie Hinkle.

After a brief interview the family members and the police leave the house to begin their day, except Beverly who goes to the upstairs master bedroom and makes obscene phone calls by changing her voice to Dottie, revealing herself as the predator who has been bothering her.

The reason for this is that Dottie stole a parking space from Beverly at the mall.

Beverly's friend and neighbor, Rosemary Ackerman enters the house and surprises her as she finishes her prank call.

This is so she can lend Beverly her sewing supplies and materials, including a pair of scissors.