Spooky Movie Month Day #12 – So I Married An Axe Murderer

October 12th 

Today we wanted to ramp things up just a smidge but with a story that didn’t take itself too seriously. Clearly, the only choice was So I Married An Axe Murderer!

Released in 1993, this movie directed by Thomas Schlamme, was written “officially” by Robbie Fox but rewritten by Mike Myers and Neil Mullarkey. It starred some of the most popular stars of their time; Mike Myers, Nancy Ravis, Anthony LaPaglia and Amanda Plummer, Charles Gordon, his Hartman, Debi Mazar, Steven Wright, Alan Akin and so many others! 

It’s the story of a poet with cold feet always finding reasons to leave his relationships. He meets a sweet girl with some family issues and they do their best to find love, all while there’s a killer “Mrs. X” allegedly on the loose! Is he in danger? Or is he paranoid?

This film is full of inappropriate jokes and sexual references, but there are no “naked” scenes and love-making is implied, but never shown. There is no gore or blood, but there are some violent scenes and a few tense moments. As a whole, it’s an adorable movie with a sweet story full of laughs and silliness, PG-13 humor and a little attempted murder.

Watching this again after so many years caused me to realize just how much this one film impacted an entire subculture. Some of the best one-liners and quotes that still get repeated to this today are found in this movie! It’s such a trip to watch a movie you haven’t seen in 20 years only to realize how deeply ingrained its influence was. Not many movies can boast such a legacy to stand among such quotable giants as Young Frankenstein, Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Breakfast Club.

What did the kids think?

Lion’s reaction was – “this was the best movie we’ve watched so far, thank you so much for showing it to us!” They loved how funny it was, the Scottish references, the comedy, the actual story underneath the comedy and they loved the poetry scenes. 

Dragon had to step out a few times during uncomfortable moments like the break up and the moments between the wedding and “the reveal”. They knew something terrible was going to happen but didn’t know what and the anticipation was extremely hard to sit through. They watched from the other room while playing a game and came back in once the reveal happened and stayed through the end. Ultimately, they loved it, said it was great and funny and overall fun to watch. 

Their favorite lines were:

“It’s like an orange on a toothpick!”

“She stole my heart and my cat”

“Dad how can you hate the Colonel?” “Because he puts an additive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartarse!”

They laughed all the way to bed. 

Success! 

Tomorrow is a milestone. It’s Friday, October 13th and the movie to match has been requested. 
It’ll be their first “real” horror movie and I’m both excited and anxious to share it with them… so, tune in tomorrow night to see how it goes as The Mothership ventures into the still waters of Camp Crystal Lake!