Society
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.
Why it matters
A savage satirical horror that fuses upper-class paranoia with grotesque body horror, exposing the monstrous underbelly of social elitism.
- Pioneering practical effects by Screaming Mad George deliver some of the most viscerally inventive transformations in late ’80s horror.
- Blends psychological dread and visceral shock, marrying the slow-burn paranoia of “Rosemary’s Baby” with the unrelenting gross-out terror of “The Thing.”
- A biting critique of social stratification wrapped in a surreal, nightmarish narrative—perfect for fans of horror’s cultural barometers.
- Bill Whitney’s outsider perspective grounds the madness, making the final reveals hit with personal and societal unease.
Director
13 horror films in catalog
Society 1989
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 1990
Bride of Re-Animator 1990
Return of the Living Dead III 1993
Necronomicon 1993
The Dentist 1996
Progeny 1998
The Dentist 2 1998
Faust: Love of the Damned 2000
Beyond Re-Animator 2003
Rottweiler 2004
Beneath Still Waters 2005
Amphibious Creature of the Deep 2010
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
71
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
100
Supernatural
20
Creature
36
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
67
Cerebral
99
Survival
17
CultTransformation
