“Some will run screaming, but if that’s your thing, this could be your new favorite horror movie”
Scene of the premiere of Furiosa: from the Mad Max saga -the new film in George Miller’s post-apocalyptic saga- on its opening day, and the expected first viewings of films such as Megalopolis -the film that Francis Ford Coppola has been preparing for 40 years and produced himself- or the new film by Yorgos Lanthimos Kinds of Kindnessthe 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival which is being held these days in the French city is being the main protagonist of the film scene this week.
One of the big surprises of the festival has been The Substancea body-horror film directed by Coralie Fargeat and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid that has surprised festival attendees: it is the most brutal proposal of the films competing in the Official Section.
The film is the story of Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore), an actress who is not going through the best moment of a previously successful career. After being fired by a sexist producer and not getting a role due to her age, Elisabeth begins to enter a spiral of complete despair that ends up leading her to a mysterious company that offers her a disturbing solution to her problem. . A strange substance that can bring her back to her best version, which is exactly what she needs.
“In all the years I have been coming to Cannes, I have not seen anything like it,” Alejandro G. Calvo began in his review for SensaCine after having the opportunity to see it at the festival. “In the movie you’re freaking out all the time. […] The film, as it progresses, gets into the bizarre, the horror, the hilarious, the bizarre, the hilarious, the unpleasant and vomitous until reaching an ending that is already cinema history.”
First impressions of the film are along the same lines. Already elevated to the status of “instant classic” by some means such as indiewire either Rolling Stone, indiewire describes it as “a disgusting and uncomfortably hilarious ‘body horror’ nightmare in the middle of Los Angeles.” “The Substance It’s absolutely insane and *by far* the best film in competition so far. An instant body horror classic, in equal parts Freaky Friday and The flywith Demi Moore going completely crazy,” says David Ehrlich.
“Coralie Fargeat just released one of the best ‘body horror’ films of all time”, says Matt Neglia of the ‘Next Best Picture’ podcast. “An avalanche of sound, fury and grotesque blood that devastates our preoccupied notions of beauty and self-image. […] “One of the best, most over-the-top, disgusting recent examples of what the genre has to offer.”
“Dark, funny, gory and brilliant. An injection of pure delight into the competition.” , shares Canadian critic Jason Gorber on his networks. Meanwhile, since Times Out They already foresee possible scares in cinemas with sensitive stomachs – “Some will run screaming, but if that’s your thing, this could be your new favorite horror movie” – and 100% of publications agree in praising the work of its main cast.
With a 93% score in Rotten Tomatoes After the first criticisms, The Substance It is shaping up to be one of the great horror releases of the year. Although there are still no plans for its release in Spain, the rights have been acquired by Mubi, the film streaming service, for global distribution.
