Poison Ivy II (1996)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Anne Goursaud

Writer:

Chloe King (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Passion. Seduction. Betrayal. Lily wanted to be just like Ivy.

Plot:

Lily is a sheltered art student from Michigan going to school in California. She finds an apartment and her roommates aren't quite normal...

Plot Keywords:

Art Student | Diary | Lust | Lesbian Kiss | Sexual Attraction

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Lily Leonetti
Johnathon Schaech	...	Gredin
Xander Berkeley	...	Donald Falk
Belinda Bauer	...	Angela Falk
Camilla Belle	...	Daphne Falk
Kathryne Dora Brown	...	Tanya
Walter Kim	...	Robert
Victoria Haas	...	Bridgette
Tara Ellison	...	Catherine
Mychal Wilson	...	Spin
Joey Krees	...	Peter the Performance Artist
Kate Rodger	...	Isabel
Howard Brown	...	Rocco

Also Known As:

Poison Ivy 2
Poison Ivy II: Lily

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, and for language.

Runtime:

106 min | USA:108 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) (2004) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Quotes:

Gredin: [leading her up to his sculpture] I got carried away with Donald, I shouldn’t have put you in the middle of it.
Lily Leonetti: Well I uh, probably over reacted. I can sometimes be hypersensitive.
[seeing his work]
Gredin: You should be... You got it.
Lily Leonetti: Yeah. I'm the only person in class whose hand the teacher has to hold. Literally.
Gredin: Well Falk has weakness for his female undergrads, especially when they look like you.
Lily Leonetti: [looking around at his sculpture] What is this?
Gredin: This is my magical craft. I'm sorta hopin' it'll win me a Gougenhiem.
Lily Leonetti: [smiling] You'll get it.
Gredin: You psychic?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

DIAMOND

Straight-to-tape "sequel" sans every iota of talent from the predecessor...

1992's "Poison Ivy" played like an art-house sleaze-piece with an eye on the cult-movie market (and, at this, it succeeded, despite a herky-jerky narrative). But since the heroine perished in that film's final moments, a sequel would seem unlikely. Not so, as Alyssa Milano's Lily finds out. After discovering and reading a diary written by the doomed Ivy (played in '92 by Drew Barrymore), Milano revamps herself, takes on a seamier personality, and causes sexual havoc. Quite a stretch trying to connect the two films, but at least the first movie had an interesting direction and some B-movie style. This dud has neither, nor is Milano the next Drew Barrymore. Followed in 1997 by "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction". NO STARS from ****