Poison

The celebrated first feature by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes (Carol, Far from Heaven), POISON deftly interweaves three tales - Hero, Horror and Homo - and builds towards a devastating climax.

Hero, shot in mock TV-documentary style, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; Horror, filmed like a delirious '50s B-movie melodrama, is the gothic tale of a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague; while the lushly photographed Homo explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.

A runaway theatrical hit and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, which made national headlines and the network news when it was attacked by right-wing minister Donald Wildmon, POISON is unsettling, unforgettable and thoroughly entertaining.

Winner of the Teddy for Best Feature Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. Nominated for Best First Feature and Best Director at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

"Arguably the strongest American debut feature of the '90s." - Rob Nelson, Village Voice