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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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11.08.08
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Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. After the event, a documentary in cheesy lurid colors asks what Richie was like and what led up to the shooting. In the black and white "Horror," a scientist isolates the elixir of human sexuality, drinks it, and becomes a festering, contagious murderer; a female colleague who loves him tries to help, to her peril. In "Homo," a prisoner in Fontenal prison is drawn to an inmate whom he knew some years before, at Baton juvenile institute, and whose humiliations he witnessed. This story is told in dim light, except for the bright flashbacks.
Title: Poison Release Date: January , 1991
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama All Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Black and White, Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 6.6 Buried.com Rating: 7.6 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com) Category: Horror Movies Starting With P
MPAA Rating: R
MPAA Rating Reason: Rated R for sensuality, strong language and sexual violence.; Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. (edited version)
Director(s):
Todd Haynes
Cast:
Edith Meeks ...Felicia Beacon
Millie White ...Millie Sklar
Buck Smith ...Gregory Lazar
Anne Giotta ...Evelyn McAlpert
Lydia Lafleur ...Sylvia Manning
Ian Nemser ...Sean White
Rob LaBelle ...Jay Wete
Evan Dunsky ...Dr. MacArthur
Marina Lutz ...Hazel Lamprecht
Barry Cassidy ...Officer Rilt
Richard Anthony ...Edward Comacho
Angela M. Schreiber ...Florence Giddens
Justin Silverstein ...Jake
Chris Singh ...Chris
Edward Allen ...Fred Beacon
Carlos Jimenez ...Jose
Larry Maxwell ...Dr. Graves
Susan Norman ...Nancy Olsen (as Susan Gayle Norman)
Al Quagliata ...Deputy Hansen
Michelle Sullivan ...Prostitute
Parlan McGaw ...Newscaster
Frank O'Donnell ...Old Doctor
Melissa Brown ...Woman in the Alley / Additional Voices (voice)
Joe Dietl ...Man in the Alley
Don Damico ...Doctor #1 / Cop #2 / Additional Voices (voice)
Charles Cavalier ...Cop 1
Kyle De Camp ...Neighbor
Aimee Scheff ...Neighbor
Jessica ...Nurse
Lorraine Traverson ...Nurse
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Producer(s):
Brian Greenbaum
James Schamus
Christine Vachon
Lauren Zalaznick
Writer(s):
Jean Genet
Todd Haynes
Composer(s):
James Bennett
Movie Trivia:
- According to James Lyons, on the film's commentary, the film was at one point called "H".
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Macaulay Culkin was at one time a possibility for the part of young Broom.
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John Leguizamo is credited as "Damien Garcia" due to an unspecified SAG rules problem.
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Keywords:
Prison, Juvenile Delinquent, Prison Sex, Abusive Father, Male Frontal Nudity ...[more]
Keywords All:
Experiment, Surrealism, Homosexual, Anthology, Homoeroticism, Boarding School, Experimental Film, Avant Garde, Mutation, Murder, Rape, Spanking, Cult Favorite, Independent Film, Based On Novel

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Rating: 7.6 out of 10.0 - 67 votes cast total
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