THE SUBSTANCE
Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You.
Only better in every way.
Seriously. You’ve got to try this new product. It’s called The Substance. IT
CHANGED MY LIFE.
Demi Moore stars
in this this audacious and feminist body horror spectacle which won Best Screenplay
at 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) is a faded fiftysomething star
who’s just been fired from her TV workout show by a sleazy executive. Then she
learns about ‘The Substance’: a mysterious injection that “unlocks your DNA”,
birthing a young, gorgeous version of yourself from your own spine. Of course,
there’s a catch: every seven days, one body heads out into the world while the
other enters recuperative stasis. So when Elisabeth’s ambitious younger self
refuses to surrender her newfound fame, the elder begins paying the price …
with a gruesome physical disintegration. (USA,
UK, France, 2024, 141 mins, English | Dir. Coralie Fargeat)