It follows a fading celebrity, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who, after being fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) due to her age, uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley) with unexpected side effects.

2 days ago · Demi Moore in “The Substance” (Mubi) The idea that Elisabeth is so self-hating, despite how great she — you — looks is the point: It’s never enough. At the same time, the movie does not ...

15 hours ago · The Substance is a bloody, campy, fiercely feminist body horror film. Demi Moore plays a TV aerobics instructor who learns of a mysterious drug that causes another younger, entirely separate ...

2 days ago · Demi Moore is the star of one of the goriest, most audacious films ever nominated for an Oscar, the feminist body-horror satire “The Substance.”

3 days ago · Here is everything you need to know about The Substance. The Substance is available to stream on Mubi or rent/buy on digital on-demand platforms. The main stars of The Substance are Demi Moore as Elizabeth Sparkle, Margaret …

Sep 20, 2024 · The Substance: Directed by Coralie Fargeat. With Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton-Clark. A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Sep 19, 2024 · “The Substance” tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.