There's always a breakout movie at the Cannes Film Festival, and among the festival's 2024 new movie it was The Substance from Coraline Fargeat and starring the popular 90s actress Demi Moore, in what has been a comeback role for her on the big screen.
The Substance is the latest entry in the body-horror genre, which has seen some cult favorite movies from the likes of David Cronenberg (Crimes of the Future, The Fly), Julia Ducournau (Titane, Raw) and John Carpenter (The Thing, Prince of Darkness), among others. The Substance has been described as "spectacular and revolting" and "a diabolically delightful B movie that brings laughs, thrills and blood… lots and lots of blood," we may have another strong entry to the genre on our hands.
