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Poison

2000 · 93 min

A lurid, fast-paced thriller that keeps you uneasy with its possessive teen villain and campy melodrama.

Directed by: Dennis Berry
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Mandy Schaffer

Tagline: She's mommy's little girl... and she'll do anything to stay that way.
Overview: Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother, Dana, a failed movie actress who lies for and protects Traci. If looks could kill, they'd look like Traci: young, innocent, appealing, deadly. Traci clings like ivy to her devoted mother and strikes with a vengeance at any man who intrudes on their relationship. Traci's mother is an attractive woman with a healthy sexual appetite, and the attention she pays to the men in her life, whether for business or pleasure, sends Traci into a frenzy of jealousy and rage. Now Traci, using her budding sexuality, will do anything... seduce anyone... murder everyone who threatens to come between them.

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Directed by: Dennis Berry
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Mandy Schaffer

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
family
betrayal
madness
sexuality
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller, mystery, horror
Directed by: Dennis Berry
Written by: Dennis Berry, Andreas Grünberg
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Mandy Schaffer, Michael Des Barres, Mark Humphrey, Stacy Grant, Thomas Kretschmann, Suzanne Coy
Music: Wolf Wolff, Hal Beckett
Cinematography: Richard Wincenty
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Canada, Germany, United States of America
Languages: English, German

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