New body horror with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score unveils its twisted first trailer
Jul. 11, 2024Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance
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Demi Moore goes to disturbing lengths to recapture her youth in the twisted first trailer for Revenge director Coralie Fargeat’s new comedy-tinged body horror The Substance. Think The Neon Demon meets Bodies Bodies Bodies…
Also starring Hugo Diego Garcia, Dennis Quaid andDrive-Away Dolls' Margaret Qualley, the movie follows Elisabeth Sparkle, the host of a hit aerobics show who gets fired on her 50th birthday due to her age. Dejected, Elisabeth doesn’t think twice when she’s approached by a mysterious scientist and offered their lab’s latest experiment: a chemical that is said to revert the user back to their “younger, more beautiful, more perfect” selves.
The promo, which you can watch above, doesn’t give all that much away besides that basic premise, though we do seem blink-and-you’ll-miss-them shots of Quaid’s creepy salesman, a neon-green ‘Activator’, and an older Elisabeth getting into a car accident. Elsewhere, her younger version kicks a door down and screams, covered in blood. In short, the dream she’s been sold isn’t quite as dreamy as it first appeared…
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