He is hired to conduct an investigation in his Texas hometown where mental facility patient Barbara Van Poole has been incommunicado for some time, which has her L.A.-based niece worried about her well-being.

Breaking into a rear wing of the facility, Phillips is surprised to find mostly empty rooms in the "thriving enterprise".

Going to a high-toned gambling casino run by local powerbroker Doc, Phillips is greeted cheerfully by people from the old days, at least on the surface.

Miles was killing off patients who were not financially supported by their families, Barbara Van Poole included, and collecting their social security money.

At first Jayne denies everything, but then admits that she thought that Happy would kill Becky and since she herself did not have long to live, no one would be left to protect her daughter.

Forest Whitaker was previously in talks to portray Dr. Mitchell before Brendan Fraser assumed the role.

[12] As of May 25, 2024, The Poison Rose grossed $323,754 in the United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro.

[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 26 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.