Exploring Poison Ivy - Fatal Attraction for Teens 

My father actually ended up in a bit part in the Drew Barrymore movie, "Everybody's Fine". It's kind of toward the end of the movie. In the scene where Barrymore is in the airport, and she's having this heartfelt conversation with the male lead, whoever he was, the terminal is empty. Then you see my father, with his kind of scraggly hair and white beard, walk out of a side hallway, into the terminal, pulling a luggage thing, and walk past them, completely ignoring them. The camera gets some very good shots of him walking right in front of the actors. His friends in the audience, who were also extras, but you never saw their faces (maybe just the backs of their heads.) in the movie. stood up in the theater, giving my father a standing ovation. Haha!! The rest of the audience was kind of clueless. But my father's friends didn't let this go. They were telling the audience that there was a "Star!" among them, embarrassing the hell out of my dad!

Both this and The Crush are my top Guilty Pleasures

Poison Ivy is probably my favorite Drew Barrymore movie. Becuase she used to get typecast as a loveable and likable character. Here is the opposite, while she is likable at begining, you start to disslike her as the movie goes along. I checked out Poison Ivy 2 & 3. Poison Ivy 2 is not good but Poison Ivy 3 is much better than 2 but not better than the original. Thank you for insightful behind scenes video as always.

I love how these videos touches a lot on the story of the people behind the movies.

One of my favorite guilty pleasure films. Love Drew Barrymore in this. Thank you for covering "Poison Ivy"

my cat distracted me the first minute but when I heard *christina applegate* you got my full attention =P

CECIL: "Poison Ivy" is a "reverse oedipus" story. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Reverse oedipus, you say...

Fun fact. The lead in Poison Ivy 4 is Icebox from Little Giants.

11:17 Man, I’d love to see an exploring video on Critters.

This came out right at the epicenter of my youthful Drew obsession. It got rented a lot (until I eventually got a used video store copy) Also I'm a lifelong Horror fan & I'm def a fan of this movie (as well as 'People Under the Stairs')

This parallel Cecil vs Brandon Tenold uploading makes me happy! Do continue, please!

I gotta admit, I'm one of those who had seen the sequels (at least a couple of them) and figured the original was similar so never really checked it out. I'll have to change that soon.

So weird that this flopped, because as a teen in high school when this came out, I knew a lot of people obsessed with it

“Energy never dies - it just changes form.”

Completely forgot about this film as a separate film from "The Crush". My mind somehow combined them and I was genuinely surprised when you started talking about Drew Barrymore. I'll have to rewatch it.

Now it's about time to get into the Wild Orchid movies!

This guy is ALWAYS on point. So glad to have subscribed all these years ago...

This was the movie that really clued me in on Barrymore's talent. I have been a fan of hers for decades.

Love the ‘exploring’ series. Keep em coming dude!

Don't forget to review the greatest Chuck Norris movie of all time INVASION USA.

Cecil and Brandon Tenold reviews make Mondaya awesome.

It’s funny that the love scenes in the movie between Barrymore and Skerritt you could tell weren’t interacting with other. They were never together in the same shot for the more compromising scenes.

Great video Cecil. So much great detail.

This is legit one of the best channels on RU-vid Love all the details you get on these titles

“Now I’m not saying I dislike the sequels...” Cut to cover shot of The New Seduction. I feel ya there. Jaime Pressly is astonishingly beautiful in that movie. And unlike Drew, she was an adult at the time of filming. To the decided benefit of the viewer.

Poison Ivy starring Drew Barrymore was a good movie.

I learned of Katt Shea from the Nancy Drew movie due to it being more well made than you’d expected. Did not imagine she’d have such an interesting background. Very curious about checking out some of these movies. Love your content as always!

Great video! Thanks for not putting crappy music in the background all the way through like so many do, was nice to not be distracted from what you had to say.

I was 15 when this film arrived at my local video rental store. Over the years, I rented and watched it so many times. It’s now been at least a decade since I last saw Poison Ivy, and I’m not seeing anywhere to stream it, so I suppose I’ll have to buy the DVD. I love this film, and watching it at 15 absolutely felt both alluring and dreamy. I could relate, in some ways, to Drew’s character.

SKINEMAX! Drew was perfect in this film. She walks that fine line between teen and adult. I saw the Milano sequel,but didn't have that same quality as the first. Although, Embrace of the Vampire with Milano was a great movie in my opinion.

This movie had a huge impact on my childhood. Remember seeing it back in 1993 n it stayed with me to this day. Thanx for all the background infos. I had no idea what kind of a staple this actually was. 🥰

Correct me if I am wrong but I remember this movie getting a lot of attention solely because of the kiss between the two girls which was seen as somewhat controversial for that time in the early nineties. For some reason I don't even remember barrymore did this movie, but I haven't seen it since it was first released on VHS. Thanks for the review

Oh, shit. I remember that Strip to Kill-2 box cover from when I worked at a video store. We got so many complaints from parents about it.

This movie takes me back to high school. One of my all time favorites 😊 thank you for doing this movie!!

Great job on the video, Cecil. I remember this film came out during "The (fill in the blank) From Hell" craze, with Basic Instinct, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, and Single White Female to name a few.

Um...did not know drew barrymore was only SIXTEEN in this film. Yes no nudity, but still...kind of creepy

Great as always Cecil, would love an exploring video of The people under the stairs. Such a great movie

I watched this tonight on your recommendation and really enjoyed. Thank you for the video, as always.

It's weird how they don't make "sexy" movies anymore. Movies like this and Basic Instinct are extinct.

Drew Barrymore is amazing in this movie it really was a comeback movie for her🤘😎👍

I come back to this film for its atmosphere, incredible soundtrack, great fashion looks and cinematography. It stays with you for a while after the credit rolls!

5:47 So the locals were upset that a movie was being shot in L.A.? Did they not realize where they lived? The movie making capital of the WORLD?

Well done as always. Thank you sir.

Really loved this video I was already a fan of Kat Shea bc of The Rage, really underrated movie

Thanks as always Cecil.

I was obsessed with Drew. I loved this movie

Explore Critters 3 next!

Oh hot damn!! During my teen years, i used to stay up late & catch Poison Ivy on HBO, Cinemax, etc., all the time!! Mainly because i thought Drew was incredibly hot, but also, because I love the story, as well. I liked the sequels too, & yes, they are incredibly different. Thanks for doing this one, Cecil!

I love the passion in the research and storytelling of this. I want to see this film now and learn more about the director.

I worked on this film. It was a difficult shoot due to the co-directors constantly arguing. They got so bad that they would put the entire crew on hold while they yell at each other. Some days they would just give up and let the crew wrap for the day. ( not so great for hourly workers) other days they would argue for 8 hours and then angrily order the crew to work a double. The shoot schedule was a mess. Sara G and Tom S are always great people to have on a project. They were a grounding force during the directors pissing matches.

This marketing problem for this movie reminds me of what happened with Cruel Intentions. You had Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead, but it wasn't a teenybopper movie, nor was it made for Buffy fans. So you had this sophisticated and mature film that people automatically and wrongly thought was a silly sex romp. Thanks, Cecil. Magnificent job, as always.

yo an actual GoodBadFlicks video in 2021? i was binging your catalog!

Awesome as always definitely one of the underrated movie review channel on RU-vid!!!! Love this channel and can't wait to see what you got planned next thanks for your hard work and research it definitely shows!!... 💀👻💀

Idk if you'll see this but your channel got me through 2020, especially the explore series

It's thanks to this film is why Drew got herself back together! And I'm glad it did! I love Drew's work! And I love this video! :)

How i love your channel Bringing memories of movies i watched ages ago and 90% of the time i couldnt remember the name

My apologies if someone else mentioned this (there are a lot of comments to sift through), but to Cecil's point about New Line's marketing department being clueless as to how to market a movie "starring" kids that is not actually "for" kids; my response to those marketing dopes would have been "do you remember what Columbia did with 'Stand By Me'?" I say that because let's not forget that "Stand By Me" is an R-rated film. Most people do tend to forget that fact because it wound up being very popular with people who weren't even old enough to see it in a theater without a parent present. However, it was still a very successful film, both critically and commercially, and I have to believe that success was not based on families going to see it. So, with that in mind, clearly someone in Hollywood, at some point, knew how to market a movie starring kids that wasn't made for kids. The other studios just didn't bother to learn from the success of Columbia in that instance. Then again, maybe New Line was just a one-trick pony at that time, and didn't know how to sell anything other than "Elm Street" to the 17 and older crowd.

How can these studios that have strong advertising departments miss the obvious of how to sell a different kind of film .. because it's Different !!! It just shows how much the great John Carpenter said he is just happy to have Survived Hollywood !!!

I loved this movie when I was a kid because I had the biggest crush on Sara Gilbert from watching her on Roseanne

Every girl I knew in the 90s loved this movie

I saw this film, but none of the sequels. Hoping GoodBad Flicks will cover those sequels. 😊😊

Another killer vid. Thanks, man.

best voice on youtube with PushingUpRoses. Love your videos.

Drew's mum took her clubbing as a pass in.Taking your 8yr ol out to night clubs isn't a good start to anything .If it's not one thing its the mother. Loved the uploads inside to this strange movie.

I actually own this movie on dvd! It's weirdly good

Two of my top crushes and favorite films from my teens

You nailed this. I’ve always felt that the first Poison Ivy was unfairly grouped in with its late night style sequels. The first movie really is about so much more than just eroticism

I didn't want to watch this video but then you built a fascinating story about the production. Damn you.

There's a Canadian feature film called Night Blooms coming out soon, starring Nick Stahl, that has a similar plot, also set in the nineties. I'd check it out, its in post now as far as I'm aware

That's crazy imagine being addicted 2 cocaine at 11-12 years old damn near still a baby let alone a lil child She was living like she was 21 at 12 sad

I’ve heard about this film. But I never watched it. After seeing this video, I might check it out. And it’s great that this film basically helped Drew Barrymore get back on her feet and revitalize her career. 🙂

I remember and love this movie! Still waiting for Brain Scan 😄 No pressure though

love your videos

"Kids" is the best example of a movie about kids no kid should watch.

great vid Cecil !....loved it,...after i was fired today...

Awesome video. Sad that I've only seen the sequels.

Next movie you should do is Knight Moves, a great 1992 suspense thriller starring Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane and yes - Tom Skerritt again.

Oh how I remember those night watching The Movie Channel ( TMC) and this movie had me feeling enliven.

This is a well made movie with good writing, good cinematography, and good acting. a movie you can watch more than once and still enjoy. I like the sequels as well, but not as I like the Poison Ivy original. The sequels were a different kind of thriller\horror.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE OMG 😅😉😎💁🏻‍♀️!

“They didn’t have an ending” seems like a common theme with these videos.

Ooh, I love "Stripped to Kill'; I'm a fan of Kay Lenz (She's in "Breezy", "Moving Violation", "The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday", "Fast-Walking", "House"-- I like all that stuff). Great info on "Poison Ivy"; I've never been that into the film, but I think it's okay. Okay, Katt Shea: in looking her up, I've discovered that she played the character in "Psycho III" who was killed by Norman Bates while she sat on the crapper john, so I have seen her as an actress before. Wow, that was a pretty cold-blooded kill by Bates. I recorded "Psycho III" back in 1988, but it was recorded in pieces since I ran out of room on the original cassette (Memorex!), so that kill got misplaced. Shea's Patsy and Juliette Cummins' (poor gal, doesn't she almost have a porn star-sounding last name?) Red are killed in a slasher film kind of way, but then again, I feel "Psycho III" has more slasher film qualities than the first two films in the series (nothing wrong with that I say, and I think Anthony Perkins did a good job there). More to my comment: I re-watched "Psycho III", and discovered that Shea's role as Patsy was bigger than I remembered (I think her moment telling Maureen about here open hotel room door was rather sweet). I've also discovered that some girls are bigger than others. I wonder if Drew Barrymore talked to Cheryl Ladd about "Charlie's Angels" while they were on set together. One a part Angel, and another a future Angel (I liked that first "Charlie's Angels" film, but was underwhelmed by the sequel).

Can you please do a video on Eraser directed by Chuck Russell and staring Arnold Schwarzenegger?

I have a strong feeling the people who made Orphan (2009) really liked this movie...

Cecil is one of the most underrated content creators on RU-vid. Top 5 favorite for me.

I have Posion Ivy 123 and I finally found the soundtrack to this movie too and its a cult classic. This movie put Drew Berrymore back on the map in Hollywood and Drew Berrymore did Scream, Never Been Kissed Charlies Angels, Gun Crazy, 2000 Malbiu Road and Doppleganger, No Where To Hide, and everyone remembered Drew in ET back in 1982. Drew Berrymore has made it as an actress and she has the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and now she has her own Talk Show.

Gooooood. Baaaaaaad. Flickssssss.

04:06 C'mon man, she was rehearsing, playing drums in her band Sepultura 😜😅

Movie was nothing like "Fatal Attraction", not based off a one night stand, but about friendship and desire going dark. Love this movie

I saw your *this movie is awesome* I’ll watch it 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Any chance of a barb wire vid. Love the channel and the film. Nobody else seems to cover it

Can you do people under the stairs or black dynamite?

Cheryl Ladd's presence reminded me of another movie where was the mother of a sitcom alumnus- Staci Keanan in"Lisa" which could've been good.. but...

You know, I would have been the perfect person for that test audience.

STREETS > POISON IVY. This is also one of those infuriating 90's movies where the main character, Sara Gilbert's character, is clearly a lesbian but the movie doesn't have the balls to say so (see: Fried Green Tomatoes).

Imagine being one of the test audiences after watching the Wes Craven movie then moving to this one. And be like “I didn’t signed up for this” but at the same time fascinating.

That's crazy how this was a big comeback break for her and yet she didn't bother to turn up twice! I never realised she had such a damaged childhood. Always enjoy your videos Cecil. Any I have yet to watch is only because I want to see the movies first. Thank you for all your effort :D

Loved this flick

I wonder why someone like James Franco gets to make one horrible movie after another which bomb, but a female director makes a good unsuccesful one doesn't get to work for a decade... Also, when Hollywood makes a good movie they don't know how to sell it; i guess that's why they prefer making bad ones... Great video as usual, man! Thanx!!!!

Perfect, my pizza just came out of the oven