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What makes "The Substance" so terrifying

My first body horror film left me emotionally shaken, but not for the reasons you might think

Salon

Does The Substance’s Take On Our Youth Obsession Hold Up? We Ask 3 Women What Ageing’s Really Like

It’s the film no-one can stop talking about. So how does it actually feel to age in a world where Botox is as readily available as a haircut?

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The Bloodiest, Most Deranged Sci-Fi Movie Ending of the Year, Explained

'The Substance' director Coralie Fargeat breaks down the wildest and goriest movie ending you'll see this year.

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Demi Moore’s egg-yolk yellow coat in The Substance deserves its own Oscar

Ignore the depraved body horror for a moment, and join Joe Bromley in appreciating the standout coat of 2024

Evening Standard

How 'The Substance' Uses Practical Effects and Splashy Makeup to Craft a Body Horror Film That Tears Down Beauty Standards

The makeup and effects artists open up about the behind-the-scenes process on Coralie Fargeat's new movie.

Marie Claire

The Substance review – Demi Moore is fearless in visceral feminist body horror

The star plays a middle-aged TV host who signs up for a drug to generate a replicant of her younger self in Coralie Fargeat’s blood-soaked satire

The Guardian - UK

The Bloodiest Sci-Fi Thriller of the Year Reclaims a Controversial Genre

How the writer and director of 'The Substance' teamed up with Demi Moore to make a body-horror masterpiece.

Inverse

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The Substance ending explained: what happens to Elisabeth and Sue?

How does it turn out for the warring halves in The Substance? We break it all down right here. SPOILERS ahead.

WhatToWatch

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s new body horror is a fleshy commentary on societal pressures – and the most unique experience you’ll ever have in a theater

Big Screen Spotlight | The Substance is a surprisingly healing gorefest

Total Film

The Substance review: Demi Moore goes full Cronenberg in 2024's best – and goriest – film so far

This body horror instant classic is a pulsing, pumping blitzkrieg of pure entertainment

Evening Standard

The Substance review: Demi Moore is sensational, but this body-horror yarn loses its way

Coralie Fargeat reimagines the historical misogynist ‘hagsploitation’ genre to powerful effect – at least until her film’s disgusting ending

The Independent UK

The Cine Files: from Demi Moore in The Substance to Strange Darling, here are September's best films

Red Rooms, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Coppola’s Megalopolis: here are the 12 films to watch this month

Evening Standard

Demi Moore Stars In Feminist Horror Film 'The Substance'

Demi Moore stars in The Substance, a feminist horror film exploring aging and beauty standards in Hollywood. Elisabeth Sparkle undergoes a cloning procedur...

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New body horror with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score unveils its twisted first trailer

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in Coralie Fargeat's The Substance

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Inverse

The Goriest Sci-Fi Movie of the Year is a Brutal Satire Without Much to Say

Coralie Fargeat's body-horror satire takes the genre to truly wild places, but at a cost. Read our review of 'The Substance' out of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

The Independent UK

From 'Anora' to 'The Substance,' tales of beauty and its price galvanize Cannes

After the competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival got a lackluster start last week, the festival was enlivened by a string of films both fleshy and carnal

Marie Claire

All About 'The Substance,' the Controversial Body-Horror Film About Beauty Standards That's Shocking Cannes

'The Substance' is one of the most divisive movies at this year's film festival.

The Guardian - UK

The Substance review – Demi Moore is game for a laugh in grisly body horror caper

Moore plays a fading Hollywood star whose career is set to be axed by misogynists when she’s offered a secret new medical procedure

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