Going into THE SUBSTANCE (2024) without knowing anything is the only way to get the full impact. Fargeat ramps up the body horror so aggressively that the whole film becomes an endurance test rather than a standard…
The Substance 2024 body horror



On a soundstage outside Paris, a woman's body cracks open like an egg. From the wreckage of bone and sinew, a younger, tighter version of herself steps out, slick with amniotic fluid.