The writings of Jean Genet, his interest in outcasts and erotic obsession, inspired this audacious, disturbing film that has equal doses of dread and humor. In a psychodrama comprised of three intercut stories, each is visually unique, borrowing cinematic styles from classic genres. A mock TV documentary, "Hero" is an account of a seven-year-old boy who mysteriously flies away after murdering his father. "Horror," told in the over-invested black-and-white images of a 1950s B-movie, concerns a scientist who accidentally ingests his newest elixir, the essence of sex drive. The murky shadows of a decaying prison are the setting for "Homo," the tale of a prisoner's sexual obsession for a fellow inmate. In this homage to Un Chant d'amour, the violent underpinnings of prison life turn love into loathing, creating a homoerotic claustrophobia that is suffocating. Just when the National Endowment for the Arts thought it could take a breather, along came Poison, and another campaign by Rev. Wildmon.