The absolutely gross grotesquery of the final act is really something that must be seen to be believed. It's an atrociously bizarre orgy-circus full of nightmarish imagery, disfigured bodies and hell, what not!

But before getting there, Society is, first of all, a highly effective conspiracy thriller with one gripping scene after another and an expertly handled build up. With a constant sense of ever lurking paranoia not a single scene passes by without tension. You might pass out during some scenes, but that's an entirely different story. Hell yes is the gore imaginative and wild. Those special effects were Great with a capital G.

Every character behaves weird, every situation strangely becomes awkward or uncomfortably scary and every spoken word seems to be without sincere emotion (at least from "society's side). You could say the story is predictable in some ways, because very early into the film you could guess the direction it's going, but you'll never guess the way it will go that way and I assure you, it's worth finding out. Not every character was fleshed out that well, and don't take "fleshed" out too literally because in that case I would obviously be wrong here. Not every relationship gets enough screentime and not everything is properly developed, but in the end it's an obsessively compelling journey due to the charismatic acting, its moody visuals and its general perception of totalitarian madness.

Throughout its running time the plot provides some humour in its absurdity, although more often it goes full on dark, but overall it does find a right balance between being a horror and a satire on (who could have guessed) society and conspiracy thinking, which was as relevant at the time it came out (think of the Cold War) as it is in the time we are living right now.

Society is a memorable horror film, maybe a bit overshadowed by the unforgettable insanity of the preposterous final scene, (which I loved by the way), but the entire journey was worth it due to the meticulous and slick craftmanship of its direction and especially the make-up and set departments and cameraman. Simply a great film.