Poison

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Overview

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1991-04-05
Budget: $250000
Revenue: $609524
Runtime: 85 min

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