The Substance
Summary
The full trailer forThe Substancehas arrived . The upcoming horror movie is the follow - up characteristic from Gallic conductor Coralie Fargeat , who burst onto the view with the visceralRevengein 2017 . Demi Moore stars as an aerobic exercise star who is fired after turning 50 who receive an offer to inject herself with an unknown means that foretell to become her into her secure , young self . EarlyThe Substancereviewsout of the motion picture ’s Cannes premiere have earned the picture show a square 90 % scotch on Rotten Tomatoes .
MUBIhas nowshared the first prescribed full drone forThe Substance . Check it out below :
In addition to introduce the main characters played by Moore , Margaret Qualley , and Dennis Quaid , the beginning of the trailer set up the way that Moore ’s character Elisabeth Sparkle feels quondam and blank out , include see a hoarding of her face being charge down . However , her use of the titular substance quickly turn from a dream to a incubus as body repulsion imaging flashes across the screen , including an eyeball with multiple pupils and a stitched - together spikelet .
Coralie Fargeat’s Themes And Vision Are Expanding
WhiletheSubstancetrailerstill does not give too much aside about the goings - on of the moving picture , it extend a much close-fitting glimpse as to what can be expected from Fargeat ’s sophomore feature of speech . The picture show is a long time get , asit arrives seven long time after the managing director ’s debut characteristic . In between , she has only helm a single episode of the Netflix showThe Sandman , which she did not write , so her singular vision as a author - film director has not been put to the test for a 2nd metre since 2017 .
Before helmingRevenge , Coralie Fargeat write and directed three short film between 2003 and 2014 .
Revengewas Fargeat ’s take on the victimization subgenre of the rape - retaliation movie , deftly weaving in modern feminist theme while remain in conversation with the ferociousness and grotesqueness of 1970s grindhouse film . From this preview , The Substanceseems to be doing much of the same whileexpanding the scope of her topic to a much broader view of the way society treats women ’s bodies . This broader cathode-ray oscilloscope is also being applied to the writing style elements , as the body horror elements seem to be being pushed far beyond the normal point of accumulation of what can happen to a human body .
A closer look at Revenge ’s heroine Jen , her bloody route to vengeance , her combat to endure and the meaning of her fate .
It remains to be seen exactly what chance to Elisabeth Sparkle and those in her orbital cavity inThe meaning , but it seems very likely to be both frightful and compelling . With so many incongruous images presented together in a single trailer , the way that they are linked together by a single narrative throughline should present a twisty , uncomfortable thrill drive . However , with Demi Moore obligate everything together with what looks to be one of her most committed and compelling performance , the flick could very well be an instant genre classic .
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Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading celebrity, turns to a mysterious drug that promises to restore her youth by creating a younger, more beautiful version of herself. But splitting time between her original and new body leads to horrifying consequences as her alternate self, Sue, begins to unravel her life in a disturbing body-horror descent.
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Elisabeth Sparkle , a fading celebrity , turns to a mysterious drug that promises to restore her youth by create a younger , more beautiful variant of herself . But splitting time between her original and new dead body leads to horrifying import as her alternate self , Sue , begins to run her life story in a disturbing body - horror descent .
