The whole world is dying of panicky fright.
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.
- 5.9
- 1991
- Released
- 1h 25m
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")Marina Lutz
Hazel Lamprecht ("Hero")Barry Cassidy
Officer Rilt ("Hero")
Richard Anthony
Edward Comacho ("Hero")Angela M. Schreiber
Florence Giddens ("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")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")
James Cagnard
Bartender ("Horror")Chris Henricks
Sleazy Man ("Horror")Leah Mullen
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")John R. Lombardi
Rass ("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 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")Eric Cubano
Baton Inmate ("Homo")Jim Fletcher
Background Voices ("Homo")
Tom Wayland
Background Voices ("Homo")Norman Yugutta
Background Voices ("Homo")
Released
en
$250,000.00
$609,524.00
- #prison
- #sexual abuse
- #sexuality
- #poetry
- #punishment
- #love
- #murder
- #domestic abuse
- #disease
- #scientist
- #lgbt
- #1980s
- #hiv/aids epidemic
- #queer allegory
Reviews
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