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The Substance

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Year: 2024 
Running Time:
Aspect Ratio: Unknown 
Certificate: BBFC 18 Cert – Not suitable for under 18s 
Subtitles: This film is not expected to be subtitled, though this cannot be guaranteed. 
Directed by Coralie Fargeat 
Starring: Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Demi Moore  
An image from The Substance

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18:30 Sunday 27th October 2024

Review:

Bringing another level to the phrase “Beauty is pain”, The Substance has already been lauded by critics as a thrilling work of recent feminist film, viscerally exploring the connection between the broken and the beautiful. Slated for a September release, The Substance delicately dissects modern discourse on the sheer, subliminal horror of twenty-first century beauty standards, those wholly unattainable, skin-deep markers of beauty that allow pressure – to conform; to alter one’s image – to mount sinisterly under the surface. Raw body-horror mixed with scathing social commentary, The Substance is the first film in WSC’s Halloween Horror Week, and it’s sure to leave your skin crawling.

Martha Gibbs

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Screenings of this film:

2024/2025 Autumn Term (digital)