10 Body Horror Movies That Went Too Far

8. Society

Society Film
Wild Street Pictures

Brian Yuzna could've easily landed on this list for From Beyond, Bride of Re-Animator or Beyond Re-Animator, but it's Yuzna's oft-overlooked Society that makes the cut this time round.

In this 1989 effort, the wealthy parents of Billy Warlock's Bill are part of a bizarre cult of non-humans who like to get together to kill and have sex. And by 'get together', that's a very literal term here - for this cult melds with each other, becoming a gloopy, connecting blob in order to get their kicks.

It's in this process - dubbed "shunting" - that Society really ups the ante with the body horror, with bodies intertwining together in a way rarely seen on the screen before or even since this picture surfaced.

Thankfully for Billy and his pal Milo, they'd manage to avoid being assimilated and turned into someone else's ass by the time Society came to a close, with the two avoiding the clutches of the most unique beings at the film's core.

A Society sequel - Society 2: Body Modification - was talked about by Yuzna in 2013, but we're sadly yet to see any such follow-up brought to life.

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