- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- September 7, 2024 (a year ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- France · United Kingdom · United States
- Genres
- Body Horror
- Production companies
- Blacksmith · Working Title Films
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Rating
- R
The Substance

Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Demi MooreElisabeth
Margaret QualleySue
Dennis QuaidHarvey
Gore AbramsOliver
Edward Hamilton-ClarkFred
Hugo Diego GarciaDiego - Boyfriend
Olivier RaynalAlan
Christian EricksonMan at Diner
Tiffany HofstetterThe Stylist
Robin GreerMale Nurse
Tom MortonThe Doctor
Jiselle BurkhalterGirl
Axel BailleThe Photographer
Oscar LesageTroy
Matthew GéczyBob Haswell
Philip SchurerMr. Scream
Daniel KnightThe Casting Director
Namory BakayokoSilhouette
Bill BentleySuit
Lucie LaffinWoman from the Public
Gregory DefleurHappy Birthday Person
Vincent ColombeSuit
Yann Bean“The Substance” (voice)
Felix MacKenzieCronenberg
Crew
Producers
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
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Review: Demi Moore brilliantly seizes the role of her lifetime in 'The Substance' "The Substance" is the role of a lifetime for Demi Moore, according to critic Peter Travers.
Pretty hurts: Demi Moore returns to her horror-genre roots in ‘The Substance’ - The Boston Globe What is The Substance? It's a drug that will create a younger version of you from your own DNA. That new you will graphically fall out of your back, complete...
Mirror, mirror on the wall - Chicago Reader Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is a horrifically absurd exploration of Hollywood’s obsession with beauty.
The Substance review: the grossest movie of 2024 is also one of its best Demi Moore plays an aging actress who falls into a mutating nightmare in the superbly disgusting satire The Substance.
Gross, grisly The Substance loses its way, but Demi Moore is sensational – review Coralie Fargeat reimagines the historical misogynist ‘hagsploitation’ genre to powerful effect – at least until her film’s disgusting ending
‘The Substance’ Review: Margaret Qualley Helps Demi Moore Feel Young Again in an Epic, Audacious, and Insanely Gross Body Horror Masterpiece Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in an immensely, unstoppably, ecstatically demented fairy tale about female self-hatred.
Cannes 2024: Kevin Costner’s epic sprawl, Julianne Moore’s return and Kermit’s green coat Cannes Diary: First three-hour instalment of Costner’s old-school western is confounding; Kinds of Kindness may be Yorgos Lanthimos’s weakest film
The Substance: Demi Moore’s spectacularly disgusting body horror is a two-finger rebuke to the beauty industry This hugely entertaining spasm favours full-frontal attack on the targets of its incensed satire
FilmWeek: ‘A Different Man,’ ‘The Substance,’ ‘Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law’ And More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand plat...
Review: A Hollywood star wants more time, but 'The Substance' doesn't give her a reason Demi Moore is boldly exposed as an aging Oscar winner rejected by her producer in a hyperstylized satire that also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
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'The Substance' review: bombastic body horror with plenty to say Demi Moore stars in a sickening satire of society’s youth obsession
"The Substance" explores the dark side of society's beauty obsession Despite a chaotic final act, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley shine in this darkly humorous body horror film.
Movie review: 'The Substance' elevates 'beauty horror' to unprecedented heights Our world does not often offer a safe space for female rage. But French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has carved out a place to explore that emotion in her work....
The Substance review: Demi Moore is brilliant in the best film of 2024 This body horror instant classic is a pulsing, pumping blitzkrieg of pure entertainment
Demi Moore’s audacious body horror dives beneath the surface The Substance is a morbid satire on Hollywood, the beauty industry and the dream of eternal youth.
Demi Moore’s ‘The Substance’ Is So Gross—and So Sexy The body horror nightmare story is sensual, unhinged, grotesque, and will have you howling with laughter. Demi Moore has never been better.
Demi Moore’s grotesque movie you never need to watch twice Once is more than enough. The Substance might be a career-best from Demi Moore but it doesn’t bear repeat viewings.
'The Substance' Review: Demi Moore And Margaret Qualley Switch In A Visionary Twist On 'Death Becomes Her' [Cannes] Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley are fantastic in original and bold horror film 'The Substance' which debuted at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
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