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  1. 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.

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0102687Poison (1991) - IMDb

    Poison: Directed by Todd Haynes. With Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith, Anne Giotta. A boy shoots his father and flies out the window. A man falls in love with a fellow inmate in prison. A doctor accidentally ingests his experimental sex serum, wreaking havoc on the community.

    • (5.1K)
    • Drama, Horror, Romance
    • Todd Haynes
    • 1991-08-16
  3. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1037447-poisonPoison - Rotten Tomatoes

    Poison. Three stories: "Hero," about a boy who kills his father; "Horror," black-and-white sci-fi; and "Homo," set in prison. Rent Poison on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple...

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    • Edith Meeks
    • Todd Haynes
    • Drama
  4. A man falls in love with a fellow inmate in prison. A doctor accidentally ingests his experimental sex serum, wreaking havoc on the community. Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away.

  5. Nov 5, 2010 · By Dennis Lim. Nov. 5, 2010. A MILESTONE in American independent film and the inciting spark for what came to be known as the New Queer Cinema, Todd Hayness first feature, “Poison” (1991),...

  6. Homophobia's enduring power to destroy us seeps into our bones and Haynes regurgitates it in disjointed screams--physical disease, frustrated fantasies, toxic masculinity.

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  8. A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous fight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and...