

Poison
1991 · Movie · 1h 25m · NC-17
DramaHorrorScience Fiction
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
67/100
Key crew
- Todd HaynesDirector
- Todd HaynesWriter
- James BennettOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edith MeeksFelicia Beacon ("Hero")
- Millie WhiteMillie Sklar ("Hero")
- Buck SmithGregory Lazar ("Hero")
- Anne Giotta Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero")
- Lydia LafleurSylvia Manning ("Hero")
- Ian NemserSean White ("Hero")
- Rob LaBelleJay Wete ("Hero")
- Evan DunskyDr. MacArthur ("Hero")
- Marina LutzHazel Lamprecht ("Hero")
- Barry CassidyOfficer Rilt ("Hero")
- Richard AnthonyEdward Comacho ("Hero")
- Angela M. SchreiberFlorence Giddens ("Hero")
Stills
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Themes
prisonsexual abusesexualitypoetrypunishmentlovemurderdomestic abusediseasescientistlgbt1980s











