Starring Demi Moore, the film has 136,000 liters of fake blood and has a scary criticism of modern beauty culture.
The highly controversial horror film The substance, which has already shocked the audience worldwide at its early premiere, is now available for streaming on Max till June 15.
But it is away from your specific late night horror flick. The substance is an intensive physical and psychological experience a chilling, combining satirical social comments on beauty standards with unstable narrative that refuses to pull any punches.
During his premiere at Lumier’s cinema in Bratislawa, several audience members were allegedly overwhelmed by the film’s extreme content. Two spectators fainted and had to leave the theater, quickly cement this substance as one of the most stimulating films of the year.
Directed by Korli Farget, known for its earlier film Revenge, it carries the latest project boundaries even further. In the lead role, Demi Moore gave a Golden Globe-Clean Performance, which tolerates nine-hour prosthetic makeup each day during production. Filmmakers used a stunning 136,000 liters of artificial blood, outlining the intestines of the film, almost heavy physicality and violence.
Beyond its graphic content, the substance has attracted significant attention to its powerful metaphor, addressing the passion of society with fear of youth, beauty and aging. Speaking about his film, Farget not only called it scary, but “the culture and old growing culture and old growth of nature as a mirror.”
The film’s Cannes was the world premiere at the Film Festival, where it provoked intensive reactions from critics and audiences equally.
