The Darkside of SOCIETY
Documentary 1hr 16min
Synopsis:
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 analyzed and discussed all over social media with numerous video shows 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. It has been considered a bona fide cult classic that continues to be watched, relished and enjoyed year after year to the delight of many.
However, little to nothing is known about the film’s origins and the original screenplay. And that is 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.
Director - Larry Wade Carrell
Larry Wade Carrell is an award-winning American writer, actor, and director. He is best known for his horror creation Jacob. The film earned 16 awards worldwide including the Platinum Remi Award for Best Picture at the 45th Annual Worldfest International Film Festival. Most recently produced and directed the Girl Next from Crazed House Ltd.
Other highlights include numerous efforts with Jennifer Blanc and Michael Biehn’s Blanc-Biehn Productions. Most notably directing the award winning She Rises which stars Angus Macfadyen. As an actor, Carrell continues to work on TV and in films, most recently 200 Degrees Directed by Giorgio Serafini and Partricio Valladares’ Vlad’s Legacy and Hidden in the Woods.
Director Statement
Why do I make movies? I love movies. I love movies and I know what I like. I never went to film school. Hell, barely finished high school. And yet somehow my love and passion for movies have given me a strange life of being an independent movie director.
I fight fiercely to tell the stories, to share the visions of what I see clearly in my head with audiences. I fight time and money. There is never enough when you are making a movie, and I dare say there never will be. On any level.
I love when cinema moves me. I love to stay with the characters on the screen. Laugh when they laugh, win when they win, cry when they cry. I live for the moments between action and cut. I live for that moment when the scene ends and even the jaded film crew is speechless. That is priceless. That is perfection. I have always understood that If I can get this right, just one time, one moment. It will be right forever and it will live on. Way past me. Deep into the future. Somewhere, somehow, some time, some place, someone can watch my movies and feel what I feel. I can say to them, you are not alone. You are not weird. You can win. You can be the hero. You can get the girl. Here you can give, everything. Hold nothing back. Love, fight, fuck, laugh, cry, ANYTHING GOES! At least for 90 mins or so.
If I can do it right. If I can achieve what it is I strive for, it will stay with you. The feelings will linger. The dialog will become your dialog. You will speak in quotes that no one else knows. When life hits you, they can be there. Your secret and dearest friends. They never let you down, they will always deliver. In the pandemics, thru the storms, the floods, the births, the lives and the deaths. Come what may. You will always have them, no one can take them away. They get into your mind and they grow, grow old with you. Sometimes better remembered than revisited but that is okay. None of us will ever be as beautiful as we were back when, except in the movies. Immortal. Timeless. Classic.
So turn down the lights, fuck off the diet, grab some popcorn, soda, and snacks. Put your feet up and let your guard down. This is cinema.