Dr. Bill Mathews (Derek Long) is a surgeon who is struck by lightning and winds up recovering in the hospital where he also works. There he meets a mysterious, sexy intern named Craig (Matthew Montgomery) who suffered the same natural accident and has developed an appetite for electrical voltage. After meeting him Bill realizes he has the same craving. Craig slips him a card inviting him to a meeting of "people just like us." In this underground group Bill finds other survivors who have been electrocuted in various ways and the members are now addicted to the electric current. The electrical sex-addicts can only get off by plugging in--plugging into electrical sockets that is.
Not only does Bill become hooked, his relationship with sexy Craig ignites, setting a chain of events into shocking motion. Soon the two develop an insatiable appetite for wall sockets and each other, but it's not enough for Bill. Using his gifted talents as a surgeon, this doctor will stop at nothing to find the ultimate charge. Bill uses his surgical knowledge to come up with a method of inserting electric sockets and prongs into the members' wrists so they can "juice up". But after Bill accidentally discovers that he can mainline electricity from living people, he becomes hooked on absorbing this particular kind of power. When the ultimate quest for pleasure goes too far, the results are shocking.
An erotic sci-fi fantasy like no other, a pair of gay lovers literally get a jolt as they plug in for pleasure. To say this goes beyond the usual coming-of-age or romantic comedy gay movies is an understatement. It's surely one of the most original films in its genre, fusing the usual hot gay men and lots of nudity with electricity fetishes and erotic sci-fi. The premise that men who are struck by lightening develop an insatiable addiction to electricity is silly, but when the film is this much fun, it doesn't matter. Dark and sexual, fairly low-budget, but always entertaining, it really offers something different. "Socket" is reportedly the first gay sci-fi thriller, and is also unique in that it is a film where the sexuality of the four lead characters is irrelevant to the somewhat confusing plot. There are too many flashbacks, and viewers seem to be mostly disappointed with the acting and the entire film. Jennifer Kes Remington composed the music, and Sean Abley wrote the screenplay and directed.
