Poison Ivy (1992)

R05/08/1992Thriller, Drama1h 32m

Ivy thought her best friend had the perfect house, the perfect family, the perfect life. So she took them.

Overview

A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Drew Barrymore

    Ivy

  2. Cast 1

    Sara Gilbert

    Sylvie Cooper

  3. Cast 1

    Tom Skerritt

    Darryl Cooper

  4. Cast 1

    Cheryl Ladd

    Georgie Cooper

  5. Cast 1

    Jeanne Sakata

    Isabelle

  6. Cast 1

    Time Winters

    Old Man

  7. Alan Stock

    Bob

  8. E.J. Moore

    Kid

  9. J.B. Quon

    Another Kid

**_A luscious Lolita takes over the family..._** ...that's the basic plot of 1992's "Poison Ivy" starring Drew Barrymore in the titular role. The movie comes from a long tradition of films about an alluring babysitter (or nanny or friend) taking control of the family by winning the hearts of the kids and seducing the husband. "The Babysitter" (1980) and "Summer Girl" (1983) are two examples, both TV flicks (available on youtube). In "Poison Ivy" Drew, as Ivy, plays a friend of the awkward misfit Sylvie (Sara Gilbert). Tom Skerritt plays the aloof husband and Cheryl Ladd the withering (but s...