More Than Gore

American Psycho grows more relevant because its satire anticipated the culture we now live in:

• Bateman's brand obsession predicted influencer culture.
• His interchangeable colleagues foreshadowed curated digital personas, where everyone performs a version of themselves.
• Nobody hearing his confessions mirrors how institutions ignore warning signs from the privileged.

Ellis showed that extreme capitalism creates conditions where monstrosity goes undetected, because the system values surface over substance.