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Mubi Just Quietly Added the Most Shocking Sci-Fi Thriller of the Year

Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror masterpiece is finally streaming.

Inverse · Oct 31, 2024

I’ve seen 84 movies in theaters so far this year — here’s the 5 best and 5 worst

I’ve seen dozens of movies at my local cinema so far this year, but here are the five best movies of 2024, and the five that you should skip.

Tom’s Guide · Oct 27, 2024

Out with the bats, in with the brats: 7 Halloween costumes that lean into the zeitgeist

In this week’s newsletter: Sink your fangs into these ideas to make sure you don’t look like you’re living in the past, featuring everything from this year’s body horror classic to the internet’s favourite hippo

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

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 · Sep 23, 2024

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 · Sep 22, 2024

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 · Sep 22, 2024

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 · Sep 21, 2024

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 · Sep 21, 2024

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 · Sep 20, 2024

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 · Sep 19, 2024