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Plot: This film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers. Graham is highly intelligent, but completely amoral. He becomes interested in scienc...( read more read more... )e, especially chemistry, and begins to read avidly. Something of a social misfit, he is fascinated by morbid subjects such as poisons and murder. His family environment is intolerable to him and, in particular, his stepmother torments him. He decides to poison those who annoy him, first with antimony and later with thallium. He smugly thinks himself cleverer than all those around him, but nevertheless he is caught and sentenced to 'rehabilitation' at a psychiatric institution. Once there, he undertakes to deceive the new eminent psychiatrist sent there to 'cure' him, thereby securing his release.

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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 4, 2007
    Creepy shit this one. Where do I get the soundtrack, wich is just as creepy as the cold hearted guy poisoning everyone around him.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 4, 2006
    Twisted and interesting. The main character is just sympathetic enough to be interesting, and the gruesomeness definitely comes across.

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Benjamin Ross
  • Genres: Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Drama
  • Released: December 31, 1996
  • DVD Released: April 5, 2005

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