Poison Ivy: The Collection (1992)

Four films, one box: Drew Barrymore's original psychodrama and the increasingly unhinged sequels that followed it straight to the video shop.

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The films

Katt Shea's 1992 original is the keeper: Drew Barrymore as Ivy, insinuating herself into a wealthy family with patient, escalating menace. It's a genuinely well-made psychological thriller that happened to launch a franchise of progressively pulpier sequels — Alyssa Milano in Lily (1996), Jaime Pressly in The New Seduction (1997), and a late straggler in 2008.

Taken together, the set is a core sample of the genre's whole arc: theatrical respectability at one end, pure video-shop product at the other. That's exactly why it earns a Canon slot here.

Editions: what to look for

Scream Factory's four-disc Blu-ray box includes both the rated and unrated versions of each film, plus a commentary from director Katt Shea on the original. It's the definitive way to own the series and excellent value per film — note that as a catalogue title it periodically drifts to third-party sellers, so check who's shipping it.