After producing Re-Animator, Brian Yuzna turned his hand to directing with Society—one of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time. Packing stomach-churning gruesomeness and thought-provoking social commentary in equal measure, the film is a biting satire that culminates in the most gag-inducing “climax” in all of horror history.
Teenager Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock) has always felt like the odd one out in his wealthy, upper-class Beverly Hills family. But his sense of alienation takes a sinister turn when he hears an audio recording of his sister’s coming-out party, which seems to implicate his family in a bizarre, ritualistic orgy.
Reviews
"In one sense Society takes Billy socially, mentally and sexually into what can only be described as the ultimate teenage nightmare. But Yuzna and his veteran special effects man Screaming Mad George serve up this literal slime with such verve, wit and overall verbal and visual flair that the movie also stands as one of the very finest of teen comedies." –Empire
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