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* ShoutOut: Yuzna and Screaming Mad George used Creator/SalvadorDali's ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Construction_with_Boiled_Beans_(Premonition_of_Civil_War) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' as inspiration.
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* VisualPun: The poster takes the idea of "the mask you wear in public" to a BodyHorror LiteralMetaphor.
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* FanDisservice: Jenny is really adorable, but once you take her "contributions" to Society into account ...
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* FanDisservice: Jenny is really adorable, adorable and quite attractive, but once you take her "contributions" to Society into account ...
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* FanDisservice: Jenny is really adorable, but once you take her "contributions" to Society into account ...
* FauxAffablyEvil: Most of the Society members are nauseatingly polite.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Most of the Society members are nauseatingly polite.
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* IronicEcho: "Alien scum!"
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* MsFanservice: Clarissa, who is introduced crossing her legs in front of Bill, letting him see her panties.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Strongly implied with Ted. Despite their shunting ability, getting turned inside out is more than Society can stand. One members gasps, "He's ''congealing''!"]]
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: Bill escapes with Clarissa and Milo after decking his "father", Ted is turned inside out, but Judge Carter merely quips that there's a new opening vacated by Ted's "death", and there's no evidence that Bill will ever be safe.]]
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-->When you’re tired of winning / When you get tired of fame / Or when your head is spinning / And you’ve drunk all the best champagne. Chorus: champagne / Then we’ll all sing together / To society we’ll be true / Then we’ll all sing together / Society waits for you...
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "The Blue Danube" during the Stunting Party.
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-->When you’re tired of winning / When you get tired of fame / Or when your head is spinning / And you’ve drunk all the best champagne. Chorus: Then we’ll all sing together / To society we’ll be true / Then we’ll all sing together / Society waits for you...
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic:
-->When you’re tired of winning / When you get tired of fame / Or when your head is spinning / And you’ve drunk all the best champagne. Chorus: Then we’ll all sing together / To society we’ll be true / Then we’ll all sing together Society waits for you...
-->When you’re tired of winning / When you get tired of fame / Or when your head is spinning / And you’ve drunk all the best champagne. Chorus: Then we’ll all sing together / To society we’ll be true / Then we’ll all sing together Society waits for you...
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* LiteralMetaphor: Society loves this trope. "I've got to pull myself together!" says Judge Carter when reforming from a shunt.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnywthing: The film isn't subtle about class warfare metaphors.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnywthing: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The film isn't subtle about class warfare metaphors.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnywthing: The film isn't subtle about class warfare metaphors.
-->'''Ted:''' Society has always fed on low-class shits like you!
-->'''Ted:''' Society has always fed on low-class shits like you!
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* AmbiguousGender: Mrs. Carlyn. The fact that it's hard to tell if she's played by a woman is a testament to Pamela Matheson's performance.
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* BrutalHonesty:
-->'''Ted:''' You know the schedule; first, we dine. Then, I fucked your sister. Then, everybody else got so turned on, they fucked her too. As far as big ol' breath Blanchard goes; I ran that low-rent fool right into a pole. Pretty busy week, don't you think?
-->'''Ted:''' You know the schedule; first, we dine. Then, I fucked your sister. Then, everybody else got so turned on, they fucked her too. As far as big ol' breath Blanchard goes; I ran that low-rent fool right into a pole. Pretty busy week, don't you think?
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: David.]]
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* BoobsAndButtPose: EnforcedTrope in that Jenny twists around in the shower to have ''both'' facing ''front''. A ''literal'' Escher girl.
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* BoobsAndButtPose: EnforcedTrope in that Jenny twists around in the shower to have ''both'' facing ''front''. A ''literal'' Escher girl.
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''Society'' is a 1989 BodyHorror film and the directorial debut of ''Film/ReAnimator'' producer Brian Yuzna.
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''Society'' is a 1989 BodyHorror film and the directorial debut of ''Film/ReAnimator'' producer Brian Yuzna.
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* NervesOfSteel: Milo proves himself to be quite a BadAss in the climax and keeps a surprisingly cool head when he bursts in on the nightmarish scene at the end. He immediately reacts with wide-eyed horror when he first sees the twisted mass of pulsing bodies, but quickly regains his composure and waits for an opportunity to jump in and save his buddy. He is later seen slapping away a guest's hand in annoyance when it tries to meld into his face.
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* NervesOfSteel: Milo proves himself to be quite a BadAss badass in the climax and keeps a surprisingly cool head when he bursts in on the nightmarish scene at the end. He immediately reacts with wide-eyed horror when he first sees the twisted mass of pulsing bodies, but quickly regains his composure and waits for an opportunity to jump in and save his buddy. He is later seen slapping away a guest's hand in annoyance when it tries to meld into his face.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Good God, poor [[spoiler:Dave Blanchard]]...
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** Good God, poor [[spoiler:DaveBlanchard]]...Blanchard]]... his body is slowly and painfully absorbed by a mass of mutated people.
** Good God, poor [[spoiler:Dave
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* CloudCuckooLander: Most peripheral characters seem very much "off" from the get-go, but Clarissa's mother Ms. Carlyn stands out in particular. She's a huge woman with an intimidating presence who never speaks, eats hair, and in the words of one reviewer, "seems to have wandered in from a Creator/JohnWaters movie that was shooting next door." Luckily, despite being a member of high society and implicitly has the same gruesome abilities as her daughter, Ms. Carlyn is totally harmless and benign, even helping to save the day at the end.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Most peripheral characters seem very much "off" from the get-go, but Clarissa's mother Ms. Carlyn stands out in particular. She's a huge woman with an intimidating presence who never speaks, eats enjoys eating hair, and in the words of one reviewer, "seems to have wandered in from a Creator/JohnWaters movie that was shooting next door." Luckily, despite being a member of high society and implicitly has having the same gruesome abilities as her daughter, Ms. Carlyn is totally harmless and benign, even helping to save the day at the end.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Most peripheral characters seem very much "off" from the get-go, but Clarissa's mother Ms. Carlyn stands out in particular. She's a huge woman with an intimidating presence who never speaks, eats hair, and in the words of one reviewer, "seems to have wandered in from a Creator/JohnWaters movie that was shooting next door." Luckily, Ms. Carlyn is totally harmless, and she even helps to save the day at the end.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Most peripheral characters seem very much "off" from the get-go, but Clarissa's mother Ms. Carlyn stands out in particular. She's a huge woman with an intimidating presence who never speaks, eats hair, and in the words of one reviewer, "seems to have wandered in from a Creator/JohnWaters movie that was shooting next door." Luckily, despite being a member of high society and implicitly has the same gruesome abilities as her daughter, Ms. Carlyn is totally harmless, harmless and she benign, even helps helping to save the day at the end.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Clarissa has the same ability to "shunt" as the other Society members, but falls in love with Billy and never uses it to harm anyone.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: God, poor [[spoiler:Blanchard]]!
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Good God, poor [[spoiler:Blanchard]]![[spoiler:Dave Blanchard]]...
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* NervesOfSteel: Billy's friend Milo keeps a surprisingly cool head when he bursts in on the "shunting." He immediately reacts with wide-eyed horror when he first sees the twisted mass of pulsing bodies, but quickly regains his composure and waits for an opportunity to jump in and save his buddy.
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* NervesOfSteel: MuggedForDisguise: Billy's friend Milo jacks a DirtyCop guarding the Whitney mansion and steals his jacket, hat and gun to sneak into the "shunting" party.
* NervesOfSteel: Milo proves himself to be quite a BadAss in the climax and keeps a surprisingly cool head when he bursts in on the"shunting." nightmarish scene at the end. He immediately reacts with wide-eyed horror when he first sees the twisted mass of pulsing bodies, but quickly regains his composure and waits for an opportunity to jump in and save his buddy. He is later seen slapping away a guest's hand in annoyance when it tries to meld into his face.
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* BlackComedy: ''"Well son, I guess you were right: I AM a butthead!"'' It's an especially gruesome BrickJoke during the climax, but it's also the only break the viewer will get until the credits roll.
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** [[spoiler:Ted Ferguson]] gets an equally nasty one, dying via a hand up his crotch that grabs him through the eye sockets like a bowling ball and '''pulls him inside out'''. Unlike the above-mentioned victim, though, [[AssholeVictim he had it coming]].
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* ItWasHereISwear: One of Bill's classmates tries to warn him about the suspicious stuff going on behind closed doors, and arranges to meet him at a location late at night. Bill finds the guy's murdered body in the trunk of an abandoned car, but when he returns with the police the evidence has already been removed.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: God, poor [[spoiler:Blanchard]]!
** [[spoiler:Ted Ferguson]] gets an equally nasty one, dying via a hand up his crotch that grabs him through the eye sockets like a bowling ball and '''pulls him inside out'''. Unlike the above-mentioned victim, though, [[AssholeVictim he had it coming]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: God, poor [[spoiler:Blanchard]]!
** [[spoiler:Ted Ferguson]] gets an equally nasty one, dying via a hand up his crotch that grabs him through the eye sockets like a bowling ball and '''pulls him inside out'''. Unlike the above-mentioned victim, though, [[AssholeVictim he had it coming]].
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* ParentalIncest: Bill is horrified to discover that his parents have been engaging in orgies with his sister. After he discovers that they're actually humanoid monsters who can distort their bodies, his sister even mockingly offers him to join in.
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--> "If you have any Oedipal fantasies you'd like to indulge in, Billy, now's the time!"
--> "If you have any Oedipal fantasies you'd like to indulge in, Billy, now's the time!"
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Throughout the movie Bill keeps seeing horrific visions of people distorting their bodies in impossible ways, but a second later everything is back to normal. Subverted in the end when it turns out it was all real.
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''Society'' is a 1989 BodyHorror film.
Bill Whitney is a popular teenager living in Beverly Hills, the only son of a wealthy upper class family. Despite his privileged position, he feels out of place in his family and life. Several strange circumstances lead him to suspect that his family and friends may not be what they seem, as Bill uncovers a conspiracy among the higher members of society.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BodyHorror: Bucketloads of it. The Society members can mutate their forms in anatomically impossible ways. The climax of the film features a murderous "orgy" where they merge into each other while consuming a hapless victim.
* GlasgowGrin: Bill's psychologist Dr. Cleveland sports one in the climax.
* HumanAliens: Defied. When Bill calls the members of Society alien scum, they claim that they didn't come from outer space and that their LovecraftianSuperpower is simply the result of "impeccable breeding".
* JerkJock: Ferguson has the jock attitude down pat, and turns out to be one of the evil Society members.
* KillThePoor: In the climax, the upper class literally consume a member of the lower class by assimilating his body mass.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: The members of Society can distort and mutate their bodies to use as a weapon; growing elongated arms is one of the more mundane uses.
* TheMasquerade: Society, which claims that it's [[AncientConspiracy been around since the dawn of civilization]]. Turns out that the elites are actually ravenous, mutating, people-eating monsters.
* OverlyLongTongue: Ferguson at one point licks Bill with a massively oversized tongue.
* ParentalIncest: Bill is horrified to discover that his parents have been engaging in orgies with his sister. After he discovers that they're actually humanoid monsters who can distort their bodies, his sister even mockingly offers him to join in.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Throughout the movie Bill keeps seeing horrific visions of people distorting their bodies in impossible ways, but a second later everything is back to normal. Subverted in the end when it turns out it was all real.
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''Society'' is a 1989 BodyHorror film.
Bill Whitney is a popular teenager living in Beverly Hills, the only son of a wealthy upper class family. Despite his privileged position, he feels out of place in his family and life. Several strange circumstances lead him to suspect that his family and friends may not be what they seem, as Bill uncovers a conspiracy among the higher members of society.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BodyHorror: Bucketloads of it. The Society members can mutate their forms in anatomically impossible ways. The climax of the film features a murderous "orgy" where they merge into each other while consuming a hapless victim.
* GlasgowGrin: Bill's psychologist Dr. Cleveland sports one in the climax.
* HumanAliens: Defied. When Bill calls the members of Society alien scum, they claim that they didn't come from outer space and that their LovecraftianSuperpower is simply the result of "impeccable breeding".
* JerkJock: Ferguson has the jock attitude down pat, and turns out to be one of the evil Society members.
* KillThePoor: In the climax, the upper class literally consume a member of the lower class by assimilating his body mass.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: The members of Society can distort and mutate their bodies to use as a weapon; growing elongated arms is one of the more mundane uses.
* TheMasquerade: Society, which claims that it's [[AncientConspiracy been around since the dawn of civilization]]. Turns out that the elites are actually ravenous, mutating, people-eating monsters.
* OverlyLongTongue: Ferguson at one point licks Bill with a massively oversized tongue.
* ParentalIncest: Bill is horrified to discover that his parents have been engaging in orgies with his sister. After he discovers that they're actually humanoid monsters who can distort their bodies, his sister even mockingly offers him to join in.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Throughout the movie Bill keeps seeing horrific visions of people distorting their bodies in impossible ways, but a second later everything is back to normal. Subverted in the end when it turns out it was all real.
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