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The Substance Wins Best Horror Movie (Golden Issue Awards 2024)
ComicBook.comStory by Nicole Drum
scrn logline
A has-been fitness celebrity uses a mysterious youth-restoring drug, leading to unexpected and catastrophic consequences in this chilling yet thought-provoking horror masterpiece.
beat sheet
- Demi Moore delivers a career-defining performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a once-famed fitness influencer desperately seeking to recapture her youth and relevance.
- Debuting director Coralie Fargeat crafts a visually stunning, dialogue-sparse horror that expertly blends unsettling body horror with a scathing critique of Western society's obsession with beauty and youthfulness.
call sheet
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Coralie Fargeat, ComicBook, Golden Issue Awards, The Substance, The First Omen, A Quiet Place: Day One, Longlegs, I Saw the TV Glow