Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- sensational
- suspicious
- melodramatic
- late night thriller viewing
- campy movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a poorly executed, derivative erotic campus thriller with weak characterization and little suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Daisy transfers to a prestigious New England college where a student's mysterious death and secretive social circles shape the conflict.
Daisy leaves her small-town life, relationship, and parental ghosts behind to discover what she is capable of.
The film combines femme fatale coding, erotic tension, and mind games around the college's social power structures.
The elite-school setting, young cast, mysterious death, and provocative interpersonal conflicts create a heightened teen-thriller register.
Films like Poison Ivy: The Secret Society, and why
The Skulls
elite college setting, secret societies, manipulation, and thriller plotting
Poison Ivy
eroticized femme fatale dynamics and psychological mind games
Wild Things
campus intrigue, sexual tension, and young-adult thriller conventions
Movie Details
- Director
- Jason Hreno
- Release Date
- 2008-04-18
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 4.5 / 10 (74)
Cast
- Shawna Waldron
- Miriam McDonald
- Ryan Kennedy
- Greg Evigan
- Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
- Andrea Whitburn
- Catherine Hicks
- Brendan Penny
- Agam Darshi
- Shaina Tianne Unger
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Poison Ivy: The Secret Society about?
- A grieving small-town transfer student enters an elite New England college where seductive power games and a mysterious death threaten her attempt at reinvention.
- What is Poison Ivy: The Secret Society like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Poison Ivy: The Secret Society as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Poison Ivy: The Secret Society violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Poison Ivy: The Secret Society as mild.
- What did critics think of Poison Ivy: The Secret Society?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a poorly executed, derivative erotic campus thriller with weak characterization and little suspense.
- Which films are like Poison Ivy: The Secret Society?
- Films with a similar feel include The Skulls, Poison Ivy, and Wild Things.
- How long is Poison Ivy: The Secret Society?
- Poison Ivy: The Secret Society runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Poison Ivy: The Secret Society?
- In United States, Poison Ivy: The Secret Society is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
