Larry Wade Carrell on Society Documentary
Film: Society (1989)
In 1989, Brian Yuzna’s “Society” was barred from a US release but resonated with audiences commercially and critically throughout Europe, particularly in the U.K. The film instantly became a cult-classic and its audacity has lived on through the years. It has been analysed and discussed, with journalists and fans breaking down the structure, tone and satire and comparing it to other works on class warfare in society. Packing stomach-churning gore and thought-provoking social commentary in equal measure, “Society” was a biting horror satire culminating in one of the most gag-inducing “climaxes”’ in all of horror history.
However, little to nothing is known about the film’s origins and the original screenplay. Until screenwriter Zeph E. Daniel, formerly known as Woody Keith, stepped out of his closet-of-dark-secrets and told the incredible story behind this morbid, subversive oddity of a film. And the underlying truth that it was based on certain real-life events as horrific and outrageous as the actual story. In this case truth and fiction unite.
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