THE SUBSTANCE | Coralie Fargeat body horror with Demi Moore

[lorddemaxus]

17 hours ago, ThePhasmid said:

Demi Moore should be in consideration for Best Actress, Margaret Qualley for Supporting. Makeup FX should be a given. Rob Bottin would salute the makeup fx of this movie. This is not only the best horror film of the year, this might end up being my favorite film of the year. What a wild unique ride this was. 2024 has been good for adult thrillers and horror films.

 

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A small taste of the body horror here is a scene where,,,

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Margaret pushes a turkey thigh stuck inside her "bottom region" all they way up to her belly button, and extracts said turkey thigh from belly button.

That's not even close to how far it goes. This film pushes the envelope beyond anything I've ever seen before.

I think the movie should be nominated for sound design too. Probably some of the best I’ve heard in a horror film

[lorddemaxus]

I don’t think the body horror in this movie is as bad as people say (I guess I’m just desensitized to it at this point) but the violence is incredibly fun to watch. 
 

Also I cannot believe Jack Antanoff is married to her lol

[Flopped]

6 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

 

Also I cannot believe Jack Antanoff is married to her lol

 

I saw a tweet asking, how did a dweeb who hangs out with Lena Dunham and makes lame music with Taylor Swift land her, and I couldn't agree more. 

[Lory88]

29 minutes ago, Flopped said:

 

Ho letto un tweet in cui si chiedeva come ha fatto un idiota che esce con Lena Dunham e fa musica scadente con Taylor Swift ad arrivare a lei , e non potrei essere più d'accordo. 

She also dated Shia LaBeouf, maybe being rich and famous is enough?

[lorddemaxus]

9 hours ago, Flopped said:

 

I saw a tweet asking, how did a dweeb who hangs out with Lena Dunham and makes lame music with Taylor Swift land her, and I couldn't agree more. 

I mean he gives awkward nerdy intp/intj fellas like me hope to pull someone like Margaret Qualley tho

[Mad Max007]

9 hours ago, Lory88 said:

She also dated Shia LaBeouf, maybe being rich and famous is enough?

And age gap, at least in the case with Antanoff.

[Lory88]

Antanoff is 40. Shia is 38. Margaret is 29. I don't see anything special about them.

[Flopped]

OW: $3,205,212

[dudalb]

SO this is as much a black comedy as a horror movie?

The basic Mcguffin is one that has been used a lot; Something will give you youth, but turns out to have horrible  unexpecred consequences; but than a number of good movies have not had the most original ideas.

As some have noted, "Death Becomes Her" comes to mind?

[dudalb]

On 9/23/2024 at 9:53 AM, Flopped said:

OW: $3,205,212

DId not connect with audineces; black comedy is something a lot of people don't get.

[dudalb]

I just heard about the final scene; now I have got to see this.

[Krissykins]

7 hours ago, dudalb said:

SO this is as much a black comedy as a horror movie?

The basic Mcguffin is one that has been used a lot; Something will give you youth, but turns out to have horrible  unexpecred consequences; but than a number of good movies have not had the most original ideas.

As some have noted, "Death Becomes Her" comes to mind?

Yep, it also features a direct reference to Death Becomes Her. 

[Hiccup23]

Saw this last night and wow I really enjoyed it. Late Night with the Devil and this are the biggest horror surprises for me this year. It was really engaging throughout (I did think it was maybe 10 minutes too long?). Demi Moore was fantastic and a stand out for me. The humor also hits extremely well and the audience was really engaged with the film (gasping at the gruesome scenes and dying with laughter at the funny moments.) Definitely recommend you check this out. 

[dudalb]

13 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Yep, it also features a direct reference to Death Becomes Her. 

Which is a clever way of sort of immunizing the film from the inevitable comparasiions.

[Krissykins]

1 hour ago, dudalb said:

Which is a clever way of sort of immunizing the film from the inevitable comparasiions.

Yeh AKA an homage. 

[Flopped]

This is so much fun if you havent seen it.  Full episode is on YouTube below 

 

 

 

[theruraljuror1121]

It just occurred to me that Elisabeth turns 50 in this movie. So Demi is already playing a 12 years younger version of herself. The LAYERS! 

[Krissykins]

I can’t stop thinking about this a full week later so I’ve upped it from a 4/5 to a 5/5. Whew. 
 

All Of Us Strangers, Civil War, Challengers, Longlegs and Blink Twice are my other 5/5’s this year. 

[Flopped]

1 minute ago, Krissykins said:

I can’t stop thinking about this a full week later so I’ve upped it from a 4/5 to a 5/5. Whew. 
 

All Of Us Strangers, Civil War, Challengers, Longlegs and Blink Twice are my other 5/5’s this year. 

 

Did you see Oddity? I think it's a stronger horror movie than Longlegs (and I liked Longlegs). 

[Krissykins]

1 hour ago, Flopped said:

 

Did you see Oddity? I think it's a stronger horror movie than Longlegs (and I liked Longlegs). 

No not yet, but will check it out.