New horror movie debuts to a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, as first reactions call it an "instant body horror classic" that is "one for the sickos"

The Substance
(Image credit: Mubi)

The Substꦜance has landed rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, as the new 🧜Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley-led horror movie is called an "instant body horror classic".

Landing an 11-minute standing ovation at the festival, the film is ♛written and directed by  French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Taking its inspiration from cell division, the movie imagines a new revolutionary product called The Substance, which allows users to create an alter-ego that’s younger, more beautiful, and more perfe🌸ct. 

Reviews have been glowing so far, with a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes currently, based on seven reviews. It’s early days for the new movie, but in general,🌠 the reviews and first reactions have been pretty glowing.

Our own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Substance review gives it four stars as our critic James Mottram writes: ☂"Packed with ideas, blood-curdlღing FX, and a full-on Demi Moore, The Substance is a movie you’ll want to mainline."

Elsewhere,  writes: "The Substance is absolutely fucking insane and by *far* the best film in competition so far. An instant body horror classic, equal parts Freaky Fri🌳day and The Fly, Demi Moore going full demented. Loved."

Meanwhile,  tweets: "The Substance is like David Cronenberg made Death Becomes Her, a dark and twisted fable regarding Hollywood’s obsession with youth and beauty. Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley are both sup🐼erb in this excessively gory spectacle of 🐎body horror. This one is for the sickos."

 readꦉs: "Shocking and resonant, disarmingly grotesque and weirdly fun, The Substance is a feminist body-h🌠orror film that should be shown in movie theaters all over the land."

"♛With her second film, Coralie Fargeat not only addresses this question but takes aim at ageism and sexism in the entertainment industry with a riotous, dreamlike horror-thriller that ends in a delirious symphony of blood, guts and otherwise undefinable viscera," adds .

Mubi is due to distribute the film, but no release date has been announced yet. For more scares, here’s our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best horror movies around and all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming horror movies to get excited about.

Fay Watson
Deputy Entertainment Editor

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