# Poison (1991)

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**Runtime**: 85 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Todd Haynes
**Written by**: Todd Haynes
**Starring**: Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith, Anne Giotta , Lydia Lafleur, Ian Nemser

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A 1950s kitchen. A radio murmurs news of polio. A boy’s father lies unconscious on the floor.

Three stories spiral: a suburban father tries to kill his son, a scientist’s experiment scatters a disfiguring plague, two prisoners burn through their last days.

A Haynes fever dream, coiled tight as a vacuum-sealed jar.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, dread, outsider, sexy, surreal

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