Like any soap opera, Aaaaaaaah! takes in love, infidelity and betrayal – it’s a quintessentially British melodrama, and largely takes place in and around the kind of pleasant terraced house you’d find in any UK city. A housewife, Barbara (former 80s pop sensation Toyah Wilcox) has separated from her husband (played by The Mighty Bush’s Julian Barratt) and has welcomed her new lover, Ryan (Julian Rhind-Tutt) into her home. During a wild party, a man named Smith (Steve Oram) shows up and quickly sweeps Barbara’s daughter (Lucy Honigman) off her feet. It’s a relationship which threatens to rekindle old rivalries. Shot in 4:3  on grainy digital cameras, Aaaaaaaah! has an almost indescribably voyeuristic, unseemly quality; while it isn’t a found footage film, it still feels like something dredged up from an old VHS tape, perhaps found gathering dust in a bin or down a local rubbish dump. Note that this isn’t a criticism, however; there’s something strangely refreshing about the film’s preoccupation with al fresco nudity, spontaneous sex acts and bodily excretions. These preoccupations will also likely put some viewers off. But Oram’s movie doesn’t seem to have been made with mere shock value in mind; its scenes of grunting men playing dreadful-looking videogames, or watching inane TV cooking shows, seem like a pointed satire of our technologically advanced but increasingly sedentary modern landscape. These moments also suggest that, even though we surround ourselves with fancy gadgets and wear elaborately-sewn clothes, we’re all still animals at our core. Clearly made on a low budget, Aaaaaaaah!‘s rough edges and scatological humour make it a niche film even by British indie standards, and it isn’t necessarily the kind of film you’d return to for repeat viewings. But Aaaaaaaah!’s caustic edge is also what makes it unique; Oram’s film really does show you things you’ve never seen before, from Toyah Wilcox despoiling her own kitchen to Julian Barratt caressing a Battenberg cake in a dank back garden. Aaaaaaaah! isn’t always easy viewing – and its title is a chore to type – but it’s nevertheless one of the most unusual, blackly comic and ultimately disturbing British films in years. Just don’t watch it after you’ve had your dinner… Aaaaaaaah! is out now in selected UK cinemas.