Down Low

Gary, a newly-divorced father of two, hires Cameron as a masseur and sex worker. After a brief dispute between them, Cameron learns that Gary is closeted and has never had sex with a man before. Moved by this revelation, Cameron decides to help by inviting over Sammy from Plungr, an anonymous gay hookup app. Sammy arrives, but he is not attracted to Gary, and immediately a tense encounter with Cameron ensues.

As the argument escalates, Sammy rushes to tackle Cameron, and Gary saves him by pushing him out of the way. In the chaos, Sammy crashes through Gary’s window and lands on Gary’s stoop. Gary and Cameron then get into a heated discussion about hiding Sammy’s body, Cameron storms off, but returns later and helps Gary get the body into his house.

Cameron and Gary brainstorm how to get rid of the body, when Sandy, Gary’s neighbor, arrives at the house. They keep her distracted for a while, but she eventually sees the body. Panicked, she evades them in the house and ends up stuck inside a closet. Cameron and Gary then decide to hire Buck, a necrophiliac from the dark web, to help dispose of Sammy’s body. Buck arrives and helps the two men clean the house, which is stained with blood. As the three men grow closer, Gary reveals that he has only one month to live due to a brain tumor. He expresses regret for his conformist lifestyle and resents himself for living a boring life. He further reveals that his wife left him when he came out as gay. The three men smoke crack cocaine together and go for a swim. As the day breaks, they finish cleaning the house and find that Sandy cannot remember the events of the previous night due to the interaction between her medication and the wine she drank. She leaves, and the three men realize that Sammy’s body is missing. They see him limping away from Gary’s home, and Buck runs him over in order to claim the body he sees as rightfully his. Cameron and Gary then kill Buck and bury both men in unmarked graves. Gary and Cameron then have sex.

One month later, Cameron receives an invitation to Gary’s funeral. He shows up and confronts Gary’s ex-wife, Patty, and the gathered mourners. He accuses them of corrupting Gary’s legacy, as he would have hated to be buried by the church and family that rejected him when he came out. He then steals Gary’s body and drives it to the lake adjoining Gary’s house. He fills Gary’s pockets with rocks and drags his body into the lake, where it begins to sink. The movie ends with a shot of Cameron reaching out for Gary’s arm in the style of The Creation of Adam.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 01:17