Directed by:
Todd HaynesScreenplay:
Todd HaynesCinematography:
Maryse AlbertiComposer:
James BennettCast:
Edith Meeks, Ian Nemser, Rob LaBelle, Evan Dunsky, Marina Lutz, Richard Anthony, Susan Norman, Joe Dietl, John Leguizamo, Michael A. Miranda, James Lyons (more)Plots(1)
In director Todd Haynes's feature film debut, POISON, three stories, each told in their own unique cinematic style, illustrate the lives of a people living outside the fringes of "normal" society. There is HERO, the pseudo-documentary about a seven-year-old boy who kills his own father; HORROR, a sci-fi spoof about a brilliant research scientist who becomes the victim of his own biochemical discovery when he finds the source of the human sex drive; and HOMO, a noirish drama exploring the obsessive, and sexual, relationship between two male prisoners. As each compelling story is told, their themes become inextricably linked, and the tension intensifies, culminating in an explosive climax of unsettled emotions. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ian Nemser
Best movies:
Poison (1991)
Rob LaBelle
USA
Best movies:
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Watchmen (2009)
Taken (2002) (series)
Evan Dunsky
Best movies:
Poison (1991)
Marina Lutz
Best movies:
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Poison (1991)
Richard Anthony
Egypt
Best movies:
Poison (1991)
Susan Norman
Best movies:
Safe (1995)
Poison (1991)
Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV movie)
Joe Dietl
Best movies:
Poison (1991)
The Thin Pink Line (1998)
Calendar Girl (1993)
John Leguizamo
Colombia
Best movies:
Carlito's Way (1993)
Ice Age (2002)
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Michael A. Miranda
Best movies:
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV movie)
Gotti (1996) (TV movie)
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999) (TV movie)
James Lyons
USA
Best movies:
Swoon (1992)
Safe (1995)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Tony Pemberton
USA
Best movies:
Poison (1991)
Elyse Steinberg
USA
Best movies:
Poison (1991)
Michael Reardon
USA
Tony Gigante
Best movies:
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor (1990)
Men of Respect (1990)
Poison (1991)
Dani Michaeli
USA
Best movies:
Poison (1991)