Poison DVD

'Poison' is the celebrated first feature by Todd Haynes. The film was inspired by the writings of Jean Genet and 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.