
JAN 31 2026
PRETTY POISON | Introduced by Richard Brody
4K Restoration | Introduced by NYFCC member Richard Brody
DETAILS
Introduced by New York Film Critics Circle member Richard Brody.
4K Restoration! Director Noel Black’s feature-film debut, Pretty Poison, is a darkly comic thriller about a disturbed young man (Anthony Perkins) recently released from a mental institution who falls for a radiant All-American teenager (Tuesday Weld). Only trouble is, she turns out to be the genuinely psychotic one of the pair, leading him into a series of “missions” that inevitably culminate in murder.
WHEN
4 PM SAT JAN 31FEATURING
DIRECTOR
Noel Black
RUNTIME
1h 29m
RATING
R
CAST
Anthony Perkins,
Tuesday Weld,
Beverly Garland,
John Randolph,
Dick O'Neill
CAST
Anthony Perkins,
Tuesday Weld,
Beverly Garland,
John Randolph,
Dick O'Neill
SYNOPSIS
Director Noel Black’s feature-film debut, Pretty Poison, is a darkly comic thriller about a disturbed young man (Anthony Perkins) recently released from a mental institution who falls for a radiant All-American teenager (Tuesday Weld). Only trouble is, she turns out to be the genuinely psychotic one of the pair, leading him into a series of “missions” that inevitably culminate in murder.



