Poison
1991 | 85m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Todd Haynes |
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| Writer: | Todd Haynes |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 05, 1991 |
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| Director: | Todd Haynes |
| Writer: | Todd Haynes |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Drama, Horror |
| Keywords | prison, sexuality, love, murder, domestic abuse, punishment, scientist, lgbt, 1980s, hiv/aids epidemic |
| Production Companies | Bronze Eye Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $609,524
Budget: $250,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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") |
| Justin Silverstein | Jake ("Hero") |
| Chris Singh | Chris ("Hero") |
| Edward Allen | Fred Beacon ("Hero") |
| Carlos Jimenez | Jose ("Hero") |
| Larry Maxwell | Dr. Graves ("Horror") |
| Susan Norman | Nancy Olsen ("Horror") |
| Al Quagliata | Deputy Hansen ("Horror") |
| Michelle Sullivan | Prostitute ("Horror") |
| Parlan McGaw | Newscaster ("Horror") |
| Frank O'Donnell | Old Doctor ("Horror") |
| Melissa Brown | Woman in the Alley / Additional Voices ("Horror") |
| Joe Dietl | Man in the Alley ("Horror") |
| Don Damico | Doctor 1 / Cop 2 / Additional Voices ("Horror") |
| Charles Cavalier | Cop 1 ("Horror") |
| Kyle De Camp | Neighbor ("Horror") |
| Aimee Scheff | Neighbor ("Horror") |
| Jessica | Nurse ("Horror") |
| Lorraine Traverson | Nurse ("Horror") |
| Phil W. Petrie | Doctor ("Horror") |
| John C. Nadeau | Doctor ("Horror") |
| James Cagnard | Bartender ("Horror") |
| Lauren Zalaznick | Waitress ("Horror") |
| Chris Henricks | Sleazy Man ("Horror") |
| Leah Mullen | Little Girl ("Horror") |
| Elyse Steinberg | Little Girl ("Horror") |
| Bruce Cook | Dr. Strick ("Horror") |
| Andrew Bishop | Child's Hands ("Horror") |
| Tom McCullough | Townsperson ("Horror") |
| Chava Tiger | Townsperson ("Horror") |
| Jack Tiger | Townsperson ("Horror") |
| Frankie Waters | Townsperson ("Horror") |
| Richard Hansen | Narrator (voice) (segment "Horror") |
| Gary Ray | Additional Voices / Canon ("Horror" / "Homo") |
| Joe Glick | Additional Voices ("Horror") |
| Scott Renderer | John Broom ("Homo") |
| James Lyons | Jack Bolton ("Homo") |
| John R. Lombardi | Rass ("Homo") |
| Tony Pemberton | Young Broom (segment "Homo") |
| Andrew Harpending | Young Bolton ("Homo") |
| Tony Gigante | Inspector ("Homo") |
| Douglas Gibson | Van Roven ("Homo") |
| John Leguizamo | Chancho ("Homo") |
| Les Simpson | Miss Tim ("Homo") |
| Joey Grant | Jamoke ("Homo") |
| David Danford | Basco ("Homo") |
| Jason Bauer | Doran ("Homo") |
| Ken Schatz | Preacher ("Homo") |
| Maurice Clapisson | Guard 1 ("Homo") |
| Matthew Ebert | Guard 2 ("Homo") |
| Marie-Françoise Vachon | Foster Mother ("Homo") |
| Michael Silverman | Foster Father ("Homo") |
| Shaun Wilson | Broom Age 6 ("Homo") |
| Nino Bua | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Wayne Compton | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Ray Dragon | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| John Duffy | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| John McGhee | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Michael A. Miranda | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Anthony J. Ribustello | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Jonathan Smit | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Oscar Tevez | Fontenal Inmate ("Homo") |
| Gideon Joslyn Brown | Baton Inmate ("Homo") |
| John Gleeson Connolly | Baton Inmate ("Homo") |
| Tom Cross | Baton Inmate ("Homo") |
| Eric Cubano | Baton Inmate ("Homo") |
| Dani Michaeli | Baton Inmate ("Homo") |
| Jim Fletcher | Background Voices ("Homo") |
| Tom Wayland | Background Voices ("Homo") |
| Norman Yugutta | Background Voices ("Homo") |
| Kelly Reichardt | Townsperson ("Horror") (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Bennett | Original Music Composer |
| Andrew Harpending | Casting, Second Assistant Director |
| Laura Barnett | Casting |
| Sarah Stollman | Production Design |
| Angela Johnson | Makeup & Hair |
| Jessica Haston | Costume Design |
| Chas Plummer | Art Direction |
| Julie Lindner | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Barry Ellsworth | Additional Photography |
| John C. Nadeau | Gaffer |
| Todd Haynes | Director, Editor, Writer |
| Kelly Reichardt | Property Master, Set Dresser |
| Maryse Alberti | Director of Photography |
| James Lyons | Editor |
| Karim Aïnouz | Casting, Assistant Editor, Electrician |
| John Michael Kelsey | Casting |
| Bill Sherwood | Thanks |
| Scott Sliger | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Mark Haffenreffer | Second Assistant Director |
| Christine Vachon | First Assistant Director |
| Matthew Ebert | Set Dresser |
| John Hansen | Set Dresser |
| Reilly Steele | Sound Mixer |
| Julie Wilde | Boom Operator |
| Mary Ellen Porto | Sound Editor |
| Neil Danziger | Sound Recordist |
| John Waters | Thanks |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brian Greenbaum | Executive Producer |
| Christine Vachon | Producer |
| James Schamus | Executive Producer |
| Lauren Zalaznick | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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