The film centres on a young transgender woman in an Australian small town who becomes aware of parasites that are taking over the local men, and forms a vigilante group with her friends to get the problem under control.

In the present day, Sophie (Lauren Last) is a young trans woman who lives in the same town, works at a cinema and spends time with her best friend Spencer (Lewi Dawson).

The date, with a cis man named Adam (Stanley Browning), appears to be going well until she sees a Grindr notification on his phone labelled "chicks with dicks" and leaves, realising he is a chaser.

She also meets Kris (Toshiro Glenn), who helps the bar eject his friend Danny (Iris Mcerlean) after he makes violent and transphobic remarks.

Sophie then finds a voicemail message left for her by Zen (Chris Asimos), a producer who expresses interest in one of her recent short films, though she does not call him back.

Once home, Sophie smashes her laptop and tells Spencer she is giving up, saying that Betty Palmer faced the same problems in the 1990s and committed suicide because she was not strong enough.

Having defeated the parasite, she decides to make a film about the experience called Terror from Below 2 to carry on Betty Palmer's legacy and as a warning to future generations.

[7] In the Star Observer, Stephen A. Russell compared the film to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stranger Things, "but heaps grungier and gayer.

"[8] MovieWeb's Lauren Perry praised the film's "biting social commentary" as well as its "stylistic colors, energetic soundtrack, and punk-feminist tone", but added that the story felt rushed.

[9] In The Hollywood News, Kat Hughes wrote that the film "captures the frustrated exhaustion of the community's apparent constant need to justify their existence and channels it into a gleeful excuse to bring down their persecutors" and called Mackay "a vital voice in film-making".

[10] Anton Bitel of SciFi Now compared the film to the works of John Waters and Ed Wood "resurrected to address male insecurity and female solidarity in contemporary South Australia".