It's like Get Out if it was made in the late 80s/early 90s. Bill (Bill Warlock) has never felt comfortable around his parents and sister (Patrice Jennings). He is plagued by thoughts that he is adopted, that they don't really care for him, that they are raising him for a sinister purpose but he can't get anyone to care. Everyone is too focused on the next party and who's who on the social hierarchy to pay attention to Bill. Until he hears a tape his sister's ex-boyfriend (Tim Bartell) illegally recorded of her debutante party/orgy, confirming all his nebulous suspicions. But Bill has no idea exactly how far the elites will go to protect their hideous appetites.
It is extremely 90s Beverly Hills excess all the way. Subtlety is a dirty word in this movie. Everyone is rich and white with the most punchable faces ever gathered together on celluloid. I don't think a single Black person has a spoken line in this. That's a product of the time, certainly, but feels egregious in a movie based specifically on how the 1% exploit the lower classes for fun and profit. Like, they're so exploited, they're invisible. Even the maids are white and you never even see their faces.
For all of that, it still works as a commentary on the 1%. Which is sad. It has all the gratuitous nudity you expect from this time period and a Slither amount of gory creature effects that hold up okay. All in all, worth a watch but with a caveat about inclusivity. It's currently streaming on Shudder, which I get through Amazon.
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