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Poison

1991-04-051h 25mDrama / Horror / Science Fiction6.0/10TMDB · 97 votes

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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Directed byTodd Haynes

Original languageEnglish

Original release1991-04-05

ProductionUnited States of America

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Edith MeeksFelicia Beacon ("Hero")

Millie WhiteMillie Sklar ("Hero")

Buck SmithGregory Lazar ("Hero")

Anne Giotta Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero")

Lydia LafleurSylvia Manning ("Hero")

Ian NemserSean White ("Hero")

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Rob LaBelleJay Wete ("Hero")Evan DunskyDr. MacArthur ("Hero")Marina LutzHazel Lamprecht ("Hero")Barry CassidyOfficer Rilt ("Hero")Richard AnthonyEdward Comacho ("Hero")Angela M. SchreiberFlorence Giddens ("Hero")Justin SilversteinJake ("Hero")Chris SinghChris ("Hero")Edward AllenFred Beacon ("Hero")Carlos JimenezJose ("Hero")Larry MaxwellDr. Graves ("Horror")

Susan Norman

Nancy Olsen ("Horror")

Al QuagliataDeputy Hansen ("Horror")

Michelle SullivanProstitute ("Horror")

Parlan McGawNewscaster ("Horror")

Frank O'DonnellOld Doctor ("Horror")

Melissa BrownWoman in the Alley / Additional Voices ("Horror")

Joe DietlMan in the Alley ("Horror")

Don DamicoDoctor 1 / Cop 2 / Additional Voices ("Horror")

Charles CavalierCop 1 ("Horror")

Kyle De CampNeighbor ("Horror")

Aimee ScheffNeighbor ("Horror")

JessicaNurse ("Horror")

Lorraine TraversonNurse ("Horror")

Phil W. PetrieDoctor ("Horror")

John C. NadeauDoctor ("Horror")

James CagnardBartender ("Horror")

Lauren ZalaznickWaitress ("Horror")

Chris HenricksSleazy Man ("Horror")

Leah MullenLittle Girl ("Horror")

Elyse SteinbergLittle Girl ("Horror")

Bruce CookDr. Strick ("Horror")

Andrew BishopChild's Hands ("Horror")

Tom McCulloughTownsperson ("Horror")

Chava TigerTownsperson ("Horror")

Jack TigerTownsperson ("Horror")

Frankie WatersTownsperson ("Horror")

Richard HansenNarrator (voice) (segment "Horror")

Gary RayAdditional Voices / Canon ("Horror" / "Homo")

Joe GlickAdditional Voices ("Horror")

Scott RendererJohn Broom ("Homo")

James LyonsJack Bolton ("Homo")

John R. LombardiRass ("Homo")

Tony PembertonYoung Broom (segment "Homo")

Andrew HarpendingYoung Bolton ("Homo")

Tony GiganteInspector ("Homo")

Douglas GibsonVan Roven ("Homo")

John LeguizamoChancho ("Homo")

Les SimpsonMiss Tim ("Homo")

Joey GrantJamoke ("Homo")

David DanfordBasco ("Homo")

Jason BauerDoran ("Homo")

Ken SchatzPreacher ("Homo")

Maurice ClapissonGuard 1 ("Homo")

Matthew EbertGuard 2 ("Homo")

Marie-Françoise VachonFoster Mother ("Homo")

Michael SilvermanFoster Father ("Homo")

Shaun WilsonBroom Age 6 ("Homo")

Nino BuaFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

Wayne ComptonFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

John DuffyFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

John McGheeFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

Michael A. MirandaFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

Anthony J. RibustelloFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

Jonathan SmitFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

Oscar TevezFontenal Inmate ("Homo")

Gideon Joslyn BrownBaton Inmate ("Homo")

John Gleeson ConnollyBaton Inmate ("Homo")

Tom CrossBaton Inmate ("Homo")

Eric CubanoBaton Inmate ("Homo")

Dani MichaeliBaton Inmate ("Homo")

Jim FletcherBackground Voices ("Homo")

Tom WaylandBackground Voices ("Homo")

Norman YuguttaBackground Voices ("Homo")

Kelly ReichardtTownsperson ("Horror") (uncredited)

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