"So what better time to revisit Brian Yuzna's slimy obscenity Society? It's a movie that definitely thinks we should be taxing billionaires, and to make its point, Society throws an ending at you that you will never ever forget. Society's entire reputation rests upon this finale and there is no discussion to be had without addressing the queasy and lurid final act."
"He questions his own sanity when he accidentally walks in on his sister, Jenny (Patrice Jennings) twisting her body into contorted and unnatural positions. But events finally come to a head when Bill's school friend, Blanchard (Tim Bartell), plays him an audio recording of his family discussing their disturbingly homicidal and inappropriately sexual weekend plans. Bill confides his fears to his therapist Dr Cleveland (Ben Slack) who suggests he is having paranoid delusions."
Bill Whitney appears to have an ideal life as a popular student, girlfriend, and basketball captain. His family becomes secretive; he endures night terrors and discovers that appearances are artifice. He witnesses his sister contorting into unnatural positions and hears a recording of his family planning disturbing, homicidal, and sexual activities. A therapist diagnoses paranoid delusions; then a friend turns up dead. Bill uncovers a conspiracy and confronts his social circle at a party, where they are revealed as an ancient species that prey on the lower class via The Shunt. The film frames the wealthy as seedy and entitled, culminating in a shockingly graphic finale.
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