Poison
The whole world is dying of panicky fright.
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Release Date
4/5/1991Runtime
85 minsOverview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$250,000Revenue
$609,524Homepage
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A formally audacious trilogy of transgressive narratives that confront desire, punishment, and disease with unflinching intensity. Watching Poison means surrendering to Todd Haynes' defiant vision of queerness under siege by institutional violence and bodily horror.
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Heads up
Edith Meeks
Felicia Beacon ("Hero")
Millie White
Millie Sklar ("Hero")
Buck Smith
Gregory Lazar ("Hero")
Anne Giotta
Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero")
Lydia Lafleur
Sylvia Manning ("Hero")
Ian Nemser
Sean White ("Hero")
Rob LaBelle
Jay Wete ("Hero")
Evan Dunsky
Dr. MacArthur ("Hero")
Marina Lutz
Hazel Lamprecht ("Hero")
Barry Cassidy
Officer Rilt ("Hero")
Richard Anthony
Edward Comacho ("Hero")
Angela M. Schreiber
Florence Giddens ("Hero")
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