movie The Substance | Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley Body Horror | Sept 20

[Lorelei]

7 hours ago, Elementary said:

I might be in the minority but I feel like the last 20min of the movie could've been left out. 
 

There's a bit more of character development they could have used that time for instead of… that. 

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Elisabeth, after so much self inflicted pain and self loathing, is finally liberated and finds the courage to leave the house, for the first time without caring what she looks like on the outside...that's peak character development. I found it symbolic and beautiful, my heart broke for her at the NYE show. She basically reverted back  all the violence she had been subjected too, for years.

 

[shyboi]

the ost of this is epic!! 

[Enrique523]

On 10/13/2024 at 4:59 PM, blaggot said:

watched it again last night and the theater was packed! they're doing a disservice by not extending the theater run before the VOD release, I swear

 

it was even better the second time but I'll never forget how I felt after that first viewing

Yeah they definitively underestimated the great WOM the movie got, it could've remained in theaters a few more weeks. But i have to say: once it comes out in streaming i can't wait to see Youtube reactions, it's gonna be fun to watch.

[Tiziano's Boy]

The Substance was unreal, very gory, gross out for sure, very funny at bits, heartbreaking too, it's one of my favourite horror movies, full stop, it only started in my cinema last Friday.

 

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I nearly passed out at the bit where she had to pull out her teeth and the bit where she killed Elisabeth , that was far too much for me to handle, the bit where Monstro Elisasue was decapitated and the blood was sprayed everywhere, that f*cking killed me, it was so funny , but it I felt so uneasy when she used The Activator again, poor Monstro Elisasue, I felt so bad for her 

[Baby Dancer]

Didn't really like it  The topic of the movie is corny and played out but at least it has AMAZING makeup and Demi Moore being camp.

[James_Dean]

Just watched this... I can't wrap my head around it. ******* insane 

[HonourableVomit]

On 10/13/2024 at 6:39 PM, SweetTalker said:

It was the opposite for me. I came out in such a state of shock that I was rambling about it to a friend, while also not having the words to describe what my mind was trying to process. Such an insane movie. In a great way. 

same nn I immediately had to call @Alongoria13 to get my thoughts out because I was gagged 

[Tiziano's Boy]

 

[thatsmydemi]

Just came home from watching this... the last 20 minutes gave me claustrophobia and almost made me leave the room to take some air

[josesuxx]

This was ******* EXCELLENT all I wanted and more

[Lorelei]

If this doesn't get at least a Best Actress/Screenplay nomination when it checks all the Academy boxes it will be a joke 

[STMG23]

I love reading all the praise on here 

[Bad_vocal_technique]

Omfg my favorite movie of the year so far.

 

the last part was absolutely necessary and I'll fight anyone who disagrees.

Monster ElizaSue the legend that you are 

 

[UnderratedVocalist]

I was literally just thinking yesterday that this movie and Demi's performance have so many parallels to Nicole Scherzinger's Sunset Boulevard. And Nicole just posted a photo with Demi, she went to see the show yesterday. ******* crazy

Demi and Nicole both giving the performances of their career in ground breaking pieces of art while bringing some serious issues to the forefront in the most creative and brilliant way.

In a fair world, we will be soon speaking about Tony winner Nicole Scherzinger and Oscar winner Demi Moore.

[flower moon]

why was this a lowkey funny movie

[UnderratedVocalist]

The only thing that kinda bothered me a lot - and I know this is a movie. How did Sue get TV deals and ****? She's not a registered human, no ID, no nothing. How did she sign her deal? How did she open a bank account? Until she got paid, was she using Elizabeth's Credit Cards?

[pigeon]

11 minutes ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

The only thing that kinda bothered me a lot - and I know this is a movie. How did Sue get TV deals and ****? She's not a registered human, no ID, no nothing. How did she sign her deal? How did she open a bank account? Until she got paid, was she using Elizabeth's Credit Cards?

How the substance works wasn't explained properly either. If you can believe that, you can also believe that Sue was able to get a job without an ID etc. It is just "movie magic".

[UnderratedVocalist]

Just now, pigeon said:

How the substance works wasn't explained properly either. If you can believe that, you can also believe that Sue was able to get a job without an ID etc. It is just "movie magic".

True, but you could get a sense of how it worked - duplicating your DNA and you just pop out another version of yourself. Even if it's farfetched, there's still SOME kind of logic behind it, I guess. But what then? You pop out a new version of yourself. How does that version integrate in the system?

[BionicWooHoo]

I'm very bad w scary movies, is the substance like actually scary? Like keep you up at night? Or like campy stupid like Thanksgiving?

[discosean]

OMG The Substance is absolutely wild! It's so extreme, grotesque, and shocking. It is disturbing. Even if you are not into this sort of horror (I have always preferred the Hitchcock style of horror that relies more on not showing all the blood and gore), we need to grapple with re-examining the absolute extremes we sometimes push ourselves to so we can look a certain way and the unrealistic standards we hold our favorite stars and celebrities to. This whole notion of people not being valuable or relevant when they reach a certain age is outdated. What is supposed to happen when we turn 35, 40, 45, 50 and beyond? Are we supposed to go hide under the bed and die? We still have so left much to offer. We also need to give people a chance to share what they are offering instead of writing them off as being 'too old.' It's funny how when we were kids and teens we can't wait to be adults and then when we are adults we look back to how seemingly better it would be to be a kid again. 
 

[Kern]

Maybe when she crawled out of her body she already had ID inside of her

[Orsay]

I really wanna watch this and I'm sure it's great based on what I'm hearing but I really don't do well with gore so I'm scared  I know it's a more funny, light-hearted horror but some of the scenes I've seen are ******* nastyyy… I gotta be a big girl and go see it soon though while it's still in theaters

[flower moon]

25 minutes ago, BionicWooHoo said:

I'm very bad w scary movies, is the substance like actually scary? Like keep you up at night? Or like campy stupid like Thanksgiving?

its not really scary (to me at least). just a bit gore-y.

[pigeon]

46 minutes ago, BionicWooHoo said:

I'm very bad w scary movies, is the substance like actually scary? Like keep you up at night? Or like campy stupid like Thanksgiving?

It is not scary but it is more like disgusting. I thought it was very campy though, it got lots of laughs too.

 

49 minutes ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

True, but you could get a sense of how it worked - duplicating your DNA and you just pop out another version of yourself. Even if it's farfetched, there's still SOME kind of logic behind it, I guess. But what then? You pop out a new version of yourself. How does that version integrate in the system?

It might be left unexplained intentionally. There are some vague details in the movie, for example the time period the movie takes place. Some aspects are very 80s while they use smartphones etc. It didn't affect my watching experience though.

 

47 minutes ago, Orsay said:

I really wanna watch this and I'm sure it's great based on what I'm hearing but I really don't do well with gore so I'm scared  I know it's a more funny, light-hearted horror but some of the scenes I've seen are ******* nastyyy… I gotta be a big girl and go see it soon though while it's still in theaters

This was the first body horror I have watched as I have a really light stomach that I feel sick even when somebody talks about an operation but I am happy that I watched it on the big screen.

[shark_heather]

4 hours ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

True, but you could get a sense of how it worked - duplicating your DNA and you just pop out another version of yourself. Even if it's farfetched, there's still SOME kind of logic behind it, I guess. But what then? You pop out a new version of yourself. How does that version integrate in the system?

Logic ? 

Gurl Sue came out of Elizabeth's back and then Sue sew her and everything was fine 🤣

 

The movie is full of symbolism,  logic is out of the window