The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Benjamin RossDirector
- Rob LaneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hugh O'ConorGraham Young
- Antony SherDr. Ernest Zeigler
- Ruth SheenMolly
- Roger Lloyd PackFred
- Charlotte ColemanWinnie
- Paul StaceyDennis
- John ThomsonNathan
- Jack DeamMick
- Charlie Creed-MilesBerridge
- Robert DemegerMr. Dexter
- Tobias ArnoldYoung Graham
- Norman CaroMr. Goez
Stills
Themes
london, englandpoisonstepmotherbased on true storymurdermental institutionserial killerpsychiatristsocial misfitpoisoner