The Substance, 2024. Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Hugo Diego Garcia, Olivier Raynal, Tiffany Hofstetter, Tom Morton, Jiselle Burkhalter, Axel Baille, Oscar Lesage, Matthew Géczy, Philip Schurer, Daniel Knight, Namory Bakayoko, and Bill Bentley. SYNOPSIS: A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a […]
The 2024 Flickering Myth Horror Awards
EJ Moreno and Flickering Myth honor the year in horror… Welcome to the second Flickering Myth Horror Awards, the place to spotlight the best in our beloved spooky genre. From fan-favorite horror outings to prestige heavyweights, this year’s landscape looks much different than the previous years. It’s great to see the genre thrive like this. […]
Are the Oscars Daring Enough to Nominate Demi Moore for The Substance?
It’s the talk of cinephile circles and Demi Moore gives a career-best performance. But is The Substance too icky for the Oscars? At its best, cinema will sneak up on you and deliver something no one could have expected. A dazzling kaleidoscopic rollercoaster body horror starring Demi Moore? No one would have predicted a project […]
New trailer for The Substance starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley
MUBI has released a new trailer for director Coralie Fargeat’s Sundance hit The Substance. The body-horror stars Demi Moore as former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle, who finds herself drawn to a mysterious drug that will transform her into a beautiful twentysomething (Margaret Qualley) after she is fired from her TV show. Watch the trailer below… Have […]
Demi Moore stars in teaser trailer for anti-aging body horror The Substance
Mubi has dropped the first teaser for buzzy body horror The Substance, which earned a 13 minute standing ovation on its way to winning the award for Best Screenplay at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Starring Demi Moore (Ghost), Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), and Dennis Quaid (Traffic), the film is written and directed by Coralie […]
Demi Moore features in first-look at Cannes body horror The Substance
Hot off its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, MUBI has shared a first-look clip and images from The Substance, the new film from writer-director Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) and starring Demi Moore alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. Check them out here… Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You. Only better […]
Movie Review – Revenge (2017)
Revenge, 2017. Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède, and Jean-Louis Tribes. SYNOPSIS: A woman is raped by her lover’s friend at a secluded house and begins a campaign of brutal payback when she is left for dead. Revenge is one of those movies where the title […]
Second Opinion – Revenge (2018)
Revenge, 2018. Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Guillaume Boudeche, and Vincent Colombe. SYNOPSIS: Jen (Matilda Lutz) has a romantic weekend away with boyfriend Richard (Kevin Janssens) disrupted by a couple of his friends, who’ve arrived early for a hunting trip. Things go from bad to worse and, after a vicious attack, […]
Exclusive Interview – Coralie Fargeat and Matilda Lutz on Revenge
For writer/director Coralie Fargeat, her debut feature Revenge has been a baptism of blood. Getting funding for a genre movie in France is never easy and, although the project received plenty of attention simply because there was a woman director at the helm, securing the money wasn’t straightforward. Nonetheless, it’s made it to UK screens, […]
Movie Review – Revenge (2018)
Revenge, 2018. Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, and Guillaume Bouchède. SYNOPSIS: Never take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting – a violent lesson for three wealthy married men. At first glance, Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge serviceably checks every distasteful-if-mishandled box of “rape revenge” […]
