Society
Society is a 1989 film from the USA and Japan, directed by Brian Yuzna, running 99 minutes. reelscum files it under body horror.
- Year
- 1989 · 1980s films
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Director
- Brian Yuzna
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- known (29/100)
- Also known as
- Haute société
Defined in the glossary: Body horror
A teen suspects his rich family are not human. The finale proves it, wetly.
Brian Yuzna's satire in which a Beverly Hills teenager becomes convinced his wealthy family and their circle are literally not human, and spends the film being told he is paranoid until a final act that makes the class metaphor gruesomely literal. The climactic shunting sequence, designed by Screaming Mad George, is one of the most deliriously disgusting things in horror.
It is a blunt instrument as satire (the rich literally feed on the poor) and a triumph of practical effects. The last twenty minutes are unlike anything else.
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