An image on a blood-splattered background with stills from The Substance film. In the background is the stitched up back of the protagonist (Elisabeth) and in the foreground is her younger double (Sue), who is holding her hair in one hand and a glass in the other and dressed in all black.
Summary French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance carries on an inventive trend from some of 2024's horror genre entries. The Substance is a superb body horror epic critiquing beauty standards. With its distinctly feminist angle, it raises questions about the pursuit of perceived perfection according to a societal obsession with women’s youth. The bombastic pastiche uses tropes of body horror with finesse – it received a 13-minute standing ovation at Cannes.
The Substance Is A Commentary On Beauty Standards Body Horror Is Used To Portray Both Agency And Oppression Close The Substance mocks Hollywood's youth obsession using body horror. Elisabeth, an aerobics star , recently fired by her boss , is offered a chance to be young again through a mysterious injection. This "better" version, Sue emerges grotesquely from her back, with her reptilian shedding reflected by the snakelike motifs on Sue's clothing.
Surgical horror is a body gothic trope. This sci-fi element is impactfully used by Fargeat, with the cloning process and the mysterious injectable "substance." Its grandiose execution parodies the prevalence of both injectable and surgical aesthetic procedures in the entertainment industry and its symbiotic relationship with societal beauty standards.
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