Movie
Poison
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-04-05
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bronze Eye Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Edith Meeks as Felicia Beacon ("Hero")
- Millie White as Millie Sklar ("Hero")
- Buck Smith as Gregory Lazar ("Hero")
- Anne Giotta as Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero")
- Lydia Lafleur as Sylvia Manning ("Hero")
- Ian Nemser as Sean White ("Hero")
- Rob LaBelle as Jay Wete ("Hero")
- Evan Dunsky as Dr. MacArthur ("Hero")
- Marina Lutz as Hazel Lamprecht ("Hero")
- Barry Cassidy as Officer Rilt ("Hero")
- Richard Anthony as Edward Comacho ("Hero")
- Angela M. Schreiber as Florence Giddens ("Hero")
Crew
- Todd Haynes - Director
- Todd Haynes - Writer
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