" Oh, I want to go outside, outside," she sings plaintively at the conclusion of her first solo song, "Infected." She's standing at her window, staring out at the post-apocalyptic city around her. RELATED: Happy Death Day 1 & 2 Are the PERFECT Halloween Movies to Rewatch in Quarantine She's very naive because she's been kept in isolation her entire life, but she's fascinated by things like music and entomology and she's curious about what goes on around her. She's not allowed to leave the house lest she be exposed to dangerous contagions, and even when she just goes to her mother's tomb, she has to wear what looks like a gas mask to protect herself.
Her father Nathan is, as far as she knows, a physician, and in addition to his professional duties, he takes care of her. On a less political note, Repo! focuses on Shilo, a seventeen-year-old girl with Gothic style a mysterious blood disease. This practice is essentially legalized murder, given that the Repo Men aren't exactly concerned with removing GeneCo property safely.
Unfortunately, also like a car loan or a mortgage, if someone doesn't make their payments, their property can be repossessed by GeneCo-appointed (and congressionally legitimized) Repo Men. In response, a company called GeneCo has started offering replacement organs and other medical procedures for a steep price - but luckily, they come with payment plans, like a car loan or a mortgage. The basic premise of the film is that widespread organ failure has ravaged the population. On top of that, it's also a surprisingly solid film and one that feels even more meaningful in 2020. Disliked by many critics and misunderstood by many viewers, this movie a strange hybrid of a Saw movie and a rock opera, and much like Rocky Horror, it's gained a cult following, complete with midnight showings involving dress-up and shouting. 2008's Repo! The Genetic Opera is a strange beast of a film.
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