Overview
A dark tale of childhood friendship spirals into a chilling exploration of innocence lost.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- slow burn
- macabre
- late night horror
- arthouse horror night
What critics said
Critics broadly admire the film's stylish, psychologically unsettling slow burn and its exploration of inequality and control, despite its restrained scares and limited gore.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The story centers on Flavia and Veronica, while adult faces are withheld and the eerie mystery remains filtered through their games and beliefs.
The girls' increasingly macabre games develop gradually, with the horror becoming unmistakable only near the conclusion.
Veronica's witch games escalate from fantasy into blackmail, sadism, and lethal consequences involving adults.
Flavia's aristocratic isolation is contrasted with Veronica's manipulation of status, control, and dependence.
Films like Poison for the Fairies, and why
The Innocents
childhood cruelty, psychological horror, and ambiguous supernatural menace
The Other
disturbing children, rural superstition, and lyrical slow burn horror
The Company of Wolves
childhood perspective, macabre fantasy, and dark fairy-tale atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Carlos Enrique Taboada
- Release Date
- 1986-10-02
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (150)
Cast
- Ana Patricia Rojo
- Elsa Maria Gutierrez
- Leonor Llausás
- Carmela Stein
- Maria Santander
- Ernesto Schwartz
- Lilia Aragón
- Hilda Perez Carbajal
- Marcela Paez
- Araceli de Leon
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, Darkroom, Eternal Family, Troma NOW, Bloodstream, Cineverse Amazon Channel, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Bloodstream
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Poison for the Fairies about?
- Two lonely girls turn a witchcraft game into a quietly escalating nightmare of manipulation, class resentment, and childhood cruelty.
- What is Poison for the Fairies like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Poison for the Fairies as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Poison for the Fairies violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Poison for the Fairies as moderate.
- What did critics think of Poison for the Fairies?
- Critics broadly admire the film's stylish, psychologically unsettling slow burn and its exploration of inequality and control, despite its restrained scares and limited gore.
- Which films are like Poison for the Fairies?
- Films with a similar feel include The Innocents, The Other, and The Company of Wolves.
- How long is Poison for the Fairies?
- Poison for the Fairies runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Poison for the Fairies?
- In United States, Poison for the Fairies streams on Philo, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, Darkroom, Eternal Family, Troma NOW, Bloodstream, Cineverse Amazon Channel, ARROW.
