Noel Black, who directed the 1968 black comedy “Pretty Poison,” a cult hit despite a diverse critical response, died of bacterial pneumonia at a hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif. on July 5. He was 77.

“Pretty Poison,” starring Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld, was hardly the greatest Hollywood movie of 1968. As a film about delusional young folk run murderously wild, and the subject of critics’ ...

Read up on the latest Pretty Poison 1968 film News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. This underrated thriller gave us one of Perkins' best performances. Read up on the latest Pretty ...

Since the early days of Donald Trump’s political rise, mental health experts have argued over the ethics of diagnosing the once-and-wannabe-again POTUS from a distance. There is one stark precedent, ...

The promising first feature of director Noel Black’s long, uneven career, Pretty Poison opened unpromisingly enough in 1968 New York, played without press-preview fanfare at the Riverside Theatre at ...

Mental patient Perkins tells seemingly innocent high schooler Weld that he’s a CIA agent. Turns out she might be even battier than he is, and the insanity and violence builds and builds. A welcome ...