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Poison
★ 5.9· 1991· 85 min· Popularity 1NC-17
DramaHorrorScience Fiction
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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Release Date: 4/5/1991
Runtime: 85 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Todd Haynes
Budget: $0.3M
Revenue: $0.6M
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Companies: Bronze Eye Productions
Countries: United States of America
Where to watch · US
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griggs79
★ 6/103/28/2025
Watched _Poison_ at 3am when I couldn’t sleep—probably not the wisest choice. It’s bold, brash, and all a bit much when your brain’s half-mush. Some fascinating ideas and striking moments, though. I didn’t love it, but I’m curious enough to give it another go when I’m properly awake
Keywords
prisonsexual abusesexualitypoetrypunishmentlovemurderdomestic abusediseasescientistlgbt1980shiv/aids epidemicqueer allegory
