Poison
movie

Poison

TMDBApr 5, 1991
TraktSep 30, 2023
TMDB5.9Trakt7.2
DirectorTodd Haynes

Rated

NC-17 · PG

Runtime

1h 25m

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Budget

$250K

Box office

$610K

A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.

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Cast

Edith Meeks

Edith Meeks

Felicia Beacon ("Hero")

M

Millie White

Millie Sklar ("Hero")

B

Buck Smith

Gregory Lazar ("Hero")

A

Anne Giotta

Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero")

L

Lydia Lafleur

Sylvia Manning ("Hero")

I

Ian Nemser

Sean White ("Hero")

Rob LaBelle

Rob LaBelle

Jay Wete ("Hero")

Evan Dunsky

Evan Dunsky

Dr. MacArthur ("Hero")

Where to watch

Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
Kino Film CollectionKino Film Collection

Tags & details

GenreDramaHorrorScience FictionComedyThriller
Settingprison1980s
Theme / Plotlovemurderscientistlgbt
Audience / FormatShort Film
Othersexual abusesexualitypoetrypunishmentdomestic abusedisease

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