The Substance and Why Female Led Body Horror is Here to Stay
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 FEATURE! Sunset Boulevard by way of Cronenbergian bodily distortion — director Coralie Fargeat’s latest film, The Substance, is wickedly fun and continues the recent blockbuster trend of female-led horror flicks.
How ‘The Substance’ Pulled Off That Bloody, Gloriously Disgusting Ending With Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley
Due to time constraints, Persin subcontracted the build of Monstro Eliasue’s suit to a U.K.-based company. “We had two full suits, one for a stunt double, and a half-built suit for Margaret, which she wore for closeups.” Persin and his team took care of all the effects, including the boob that squeezes out of one of Monstro’s many holes.
Hollywood Courted and Spurned Demi Moore. She Brings It All Out in ‘The Substance’
The star gives the performance of her career — but also brings a history with Hollywood that makes this body-horror movie hit that much harder.
Demi Moore's grotesque new movie 'The Substance' has a shocking, bloody, and unhinged ending — and Oscar buzz
"The Substance" star Demi Moore is getting Oscar buzz for the gory body horror movie, costarring Margaret Qualley. Here's what to know about the movie's ending.
Demi Moore Says This Was The Hardest Part Of Shooting Her Graphic New Body Horror Film
Between its graphic scenes of nudity, violence and stomach-churning gore, it’s no wonder making the much-hyped body horror The Substance was such a trying experience for the film’s leading star Demi Moore.
‘The Substance’: How Demi Moore Became a Grotesque, Hideous Monster
Who would ever want to turn Demi Moore into a monster? That’s precisely what director and writer Coralie Fargeat does in Moore’s latest film, The Substance, which is in theaters now. And as it happens,
Demi Moore’s The Substance Is Bright Pop Body Horror
The Substance, starring Demi Moore, is a bright and showy body horror film about aging and the hypersexualization of the female body. But it doesn’t go much further than illustrating at great length that there are nasty cultural attitudes toward older women.
How French Filmmaker Coralie Fargeat Delivered Feminist Body Horror Breakout ‘The Substance’
Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire about the feelings of insecurity, of passing age 40, that led to her new film 'The Substance, ...
How Coralie Fargeat Made 'The Substance,' a Bloody, Campy Commentary on Aging
Ever since she turned 40, French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has been grappling with these chaotic thoughts that will be ...
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“It Explodes in the Face of the Audience.” The Substance Director Breaks Down Its Gory Ending
The Substance is a movie of escalating violence. It was born from director Coralie Fargeat’s beliefs about aging in a society that only values women for their youth and beauty. Its eponymous ...
This is how gross it is, this is how extreme it is’: Director Coralie Fargeat on the pursuit of female beauty
French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the grotesque violence society and women inflict on ...
'The Substance' Completely Flips a Stale Horror Trend on Its Head
The final act of The Substance will go down as one of the wildest, goriest, and most brutal sequences in horror history.
Getting Old Never Looked So Ugly
The Substance” figures in the long line of movies about what you might call “menopausal derangement syndrome” — the ...
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Coralie Fargeat’s Violent Thoughts
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat’s outrageous new body-horror movie, ends the only way it can: in a great, explosive bloodbath.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
Mirror, mirror on the wall—why don’t you leave me alone?!