‘THE SUBSTANCE’ (Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley) | Official Trailer | MUBI (9/20)

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Kubrick vibes

In what way?

 

[OmegaK2099]

In what way?

 

[head shots101]

Movie is wild as fukk

 

[Duke Dixon]

In what way?

Here's some I noticed, and a few are ones I saw when I googled the two.

I instantly thought of The Shining when we see the carpet with a repetitive pattern in a narrow hallway.

The bathrooms at the studio and the red bathroom from The Shining have a similar aesthetic.

This might be a reach but with all the other Shining references I don't think so.

I didn't think of this watching the movie, but it makes perfect sense that Sue is the young lady in room 237 and Elisabeth is the old lady. I caught the nods that Elisabeth was turning into an old witch or "Crone".

Here's a good collage of gifts from The Shining and The Substance.

I didn't get this one either. I haven't seen 2001 in a long time but looking at them its obvious.

Some other horror movies

Re-Animator

This blog has good examples. There's more but I picked the 2 that I thought of when I saw the Substance.
THE SUBSTANCE

The Fly

From Beyond

I think the star earings that sue wears is a reference to Coralie Fargeart's rape revenge movie, Revenge.

Revenge has a bunch of gratuitous butt shots in the movie like The Substance. Demi Moore is the model from the I Spit on Your Grave Poster

 

[pickles]

this movie is amazing 10/10


ETA: People walked out of this movie. Are you serious?

What did they expect out of a horror movie?

No problem seeing a person get sliced up or get their head blown off but seeing

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some saggy boobs and some weird looking old chick

is a problem.

 

[OmegaK2099]

Demi Moore looking like John Merrick

 

[daemonova]

 

[daemonova]

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

I wanna watch this, I instantly thought of Reanimator learning what this movie was about.
Reanimator was wild as fukk

 

[Ezkh]

I'm not a big fan of the

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body horror

at the end, but the 2/3 of the movie are a 10/10 for me. Amazing all around.

 

[Ozymandeas]

People always have to push things too far

 

[BlackXCL]

God damn sue is one fine ass PAWG

them titties

fantastic movie, end was a little silly with the blood spray. other than that, really good.

 

[Diondon]

Well, that was interesting
When the blob of flesh was crawling at the end
Yes, I get the messaging

 

[Json]

Those aggressive as up close camera shots and forced perspective with the sound design were gross

Simple message done with immense flair

The movie fooled me cause I thought they were going to go with

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some kind of stealing other people’s spinal fluid and bodies just piling up

but it really was just the extent of self-harm.

9/10

 

[daemonova]