1989 · body-horror · satire · cult
Society
Directed by Brian Yuzna1h 40m1989
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns home to find a party in full swing.
Our read: Society (1989) reads as a sombre, kinetic, surreal body-horror · satire · cult entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme body-horror / satire, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- cold
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