Bill Whitney couldn't be much more different from his sister Jenny and his super-rich Beverly Hills parents. He's the best player on Beverly Hills Academy's basketball team, captain of the debate team, and a strong candidate for the student body presidency, but his family doesn't approve of his friends and he has little interest in their country club lifestyle.
It's gotten to the point that Bill feels like he may have been adopted, which his therapist tells him is just normal teenage paranoia. But his suspicions that his family is different form him are confirmed when his friend David brings him an audio tape of Jenny's Coming Out party. On the tape is what sounds like a bizarre orgy that involves his whole family, other members of the Beverly Hills elite, and possibly murder.
As Bill starts to investigate the strange goings-on, David turns up dead in a car wreck, which Bill's school rival claims to have caused. Bill is seduced by the high school vixen, his opponent for the student body presidency turns up dead, and some people around him seem to be exhibiting a strange bodily plasticity. And all the while, Bill's family is only concerned with Bill's ability to make a good contribution to society.
When all of Bill's worst fears are realized, he is captured by the his family and other members of society. And from there... well, hold onto something, because it's time for The Shunt. I can't begin to describe the madness of The Shunt. If you have a strong stomach and a good sense of humor, you just have to experience it for yourself.
Society is a weird-ass movie. It explores what is behind the "we are better than you" mentality of the wealthy, comically lampooning the 80s "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" culture. But at the same time, it is a bizarre, paranoid body horror film in the vein of Cronenberg's work and Slither (on which this had to be an influence). Society is a cult movie, to be sure, and deserves to be better known among horror fans.
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