The Substance

2024, 2h 21min, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Directors: Coralie Fargeat

Stars: Margaret Qualley, Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid

A famous TV aerobics host faces her 50th birthday by being dumped from her show by a crude, younger-obsessed boss. Desperate to stay visible, she discovers a black-market serum that promises a new start: it grows a vibrant twenty-something double who can take over her career and life, as long as strict rules are obeyed. The two versions of the same woman must share one existence, trading weeks and caring for each other’s sleeping body. Their uneasy arrangement turns into intense, grotesque body horror and darkly funny, angry commentary on beauty standards, aging, and the pressure to stay perfect.