Poison Review
Director Jim Wynorski zips from action-adventure to erotic thriller with ease, trading here as Jay Andrews in rendering yet another take on the old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing tale. Kari Wuhrer, who drives every 14-year-old boy (and their dad) wild with desire, is excellent in a role that requires her to be both the creepy psycho murderess as well as the sympathetic, justifiably vengeful widow. Which is the problem with the movie; Barbara Crampton's Nicole is the more sympathetic character as she deals with an alcoholic husband, a feckless son, and a high-school daughter headed for trampdom. You can't root for both of them, and once Ann is in the house, you have to make up your mind who you are going to root for, or else there can be no happy ending. But Wynorski does it all with an admirable, straightforward style that generates chills. They may be chills we had before -- during The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Basic Instinct, etc. -- but they're chills nonetheless. Buzz McClain, Rovi
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