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Mood:
- WittyBitingCleverOffbeatSuspensefulCynical
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Plot:
- Murderous PairMind GamePsychologicalCrimesDeadlyDishonestyMind and SoulHidden Identity more...
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Genres:
- CrimeThrillerDrama
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- New EnglandUSAFactoryHigh SchoolSmall TownSuburbs
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Humor:
- Dark HumorDry Humor
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Pretty Poison, 1968
English
USA
Profile of Pretty Poison
Pretty Poison can be described as biting, witty, and cynical. The plot revolves around a murderous pair, mind games, and psychological motives. Its comic aspect comes from dry humor and dark humor. Pretty Poison's main genres are thriller, crime, and drama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a factory, in the suburbs, and at a high school. Pretty Poison is located in New England. It takes place in the 1960s. It is based on a book.
Summary of Pretty Poison
Under-appreciated upon its release in 1968, PRETTY POISON, based on Stephen Geller's novel SHE LET HIM CONTINUE, is a black comedy thriller that uses the talents of its stars to the utmost effect. Kittenish seductress Tuesday Weld plays Sue Ann, an apple-pie high schooler who is lured from her regular life by recently released mental patient Dennis Pitt (PHYCHO's Anthony Perkins). He tells the girl he is a C.I.A. agent and invites her to join him, a fantasy which she is all too happy to buy, and they take off together in now-classic style, making sure to kill her mother first. The film maintains uncertainty about who is manipulating whom, with jet-black humor played to subtle perfection by the two excellent leads.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 23 October 1968 |
| Runtime: | 89 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dennis Pitt
as Sue Ann Stepanek
as Mrs. Stepanek
