Poison

About Poison

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.

Poison (1991) is a horror science fiction film directed by Todd Haynes. Its themes are scientist, sexuality, sexual abuse, and domestic abuse.

Edith Meeks takes the lead as Felicia Beacon ("Hero"), Millie White as Millie Sklar ("Hero"), Buck Smith as Gregory Lazar ("Hero"), and Anne Giotta as Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero"). Released in April 1991, it runs 85 minutes.

The screenplay is by Todd Haynes. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel and Kino Film Collection.

Bad Education, Death in Buenos Aires, and Call Me by Your Name make useful companions to Poison, all filed under 1980s, LGBT, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 97 votes and it carries a NC-17 rating.