Poison (1991)

Directed by

Todd Haynes

Genre

drama film, horror film, science fiction film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 94 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film interweaves three separate stories. One follows a man who kills his abusive father and becomes a fugitive. Another is a mock documentary about a scientist who isolates himself after being accused of causing a disfiguring disease. The third is about a prisoner obsessed with another inmate.

nonlinearfragmentedunsettlingexperimentalbleakstylizedintimate

What happens

Poison is a 1991 American science fiction drama horror film written and directed by Todd Haynes, starring Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, Scott Renderer, and James Lyons. Composed of three intercut narratives inspired by the novels of Jean Genet, the gay themes in Poison marked an emerging "queer new wave" in cinema. The film received generally positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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