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Legendary horror director John Carpenter says he disliked "everything" about Oscar-winning genre hit The Substance

"What did I like about it? Zero."

Total Film · Oct 28, 2025

The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, and more

Check out our guide to the best movies and shows streaming this week, October 13–19

Total Film · Oct 13, 2025

9 of my favorite movies and shows that I streamed on Netflix, Prime Video and more in March 2025

Netflix's Adolescence makes the top of my March streaming diary in addition to two Sean Baker features and one of my favorites from Darren Aronofsky.

TechRadar · Mar 29, 2025

There is no future for ageing women: how The Substance uses body-horror in a feminist critique

In The Substance, the career of former actor Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is diminished to daytime aerobics instructor on a television network. On her 50th birthday, she is made redundant by a network executive, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), who tells her “renewal is inevitable”.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2024

The Bloodiest, Most Deranged Sci-Fi Movie Ending of the Year, Explained

'The Substance' director Coralie Fargeat breaks down the wildest and goriest movie ending you'll see this year.

Inverse · Sep 24, 2024

We’re in a golden age for body horror films – as Demi Moore’s The Substance proves

In the 1980s, film scholar Barbara Creed coined the term the “monstrous-feminine”. It refers to the way that female monsters are typically portrayed as threatening and disgusting for reasons connected to their bodies and their sexuality. New film The Substance takes a leaf out of Creed’s book by proposing a…

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2024

"The Substance" and beauty's dark side

Despite a chaotic final act, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley shine in this darkly humorous body horror film

Salon · Sep 20, 2024

The Goriest Sci-Fi Movie of the Year is a Brutal Satire Without Much to Say

Coralie Fargeat's body-horror satire takes the genre to truly wild places, but at a cost. Read our review of 'The Substance' out of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Inverse · May 24, 2024