While our allotment of advance tickets has sold out online, please note that some additional tickets will be available to purchase at the theater the night of the show on a first come, first served basis. Box office & doors open roughly one hour before showtime.
Graduating with honors from the Corman school of independent filmmaking, Katt Shea unleashes an iconic Gen X thriller in her first at bat in the big leagues. When a seductive teen (Drew Barrymore) befriends a shy high schooler (Roseanne’s Sara Gilbert), she soon covets more than just her new friend’s comfortable lifestyle. Barrymore is pitch perfect as the devious Lolita who represents the secret desires of the family she’s infiltrated – in fact all the performances are great (Tom Skerritt as the fallen father with forbidden desires, Cheryl Ladd as the sickly matriarch) – and Poison Ivy is a softcore stunner that carefully balances interesting character relationships with its luridly taboo setups. Plus, it’s packed with more amazing ‘90s style and fashion than you’re likely to see anywhere else on the big screen this year!
“An arty exploitation thriller” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
“Katt Shea, who directed and co-wrote Poison Ivy, displays a gleeful enthusiasm for the B-movie genre to which her film essentially belongs, as well as a grasp of the form’s more delicate possibilities.” – Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Poison Ivy moves beyond wickedly erotic fun to become an acutely unsettling psychological thriller … The emotional resonance, visual sophistication and feminist subtext of Shea’s work fuse to create a distinctive style that’s worth monitoring.”- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
