The Substance

This is probably the most fucked up film of the year, which was surprising to me, since it's kinda getting mainstream buzz. At it's core, it is a wonderful body horror story, incredibly gory, totally brave. The last 20 minutes are wild. Fantastic work by everyone involved.

"Long aint it? The 7 days." If your stomach churns easily, we warned you. That 3rd act..was something else. Solid high concept film. Definitely like the substance angle. I hope they build this one out a bit. A lot of worldbuilding could be done with this. I think the cast did well all around. The prosthetics was dope, I can't see why this wouldn't at least be nominated, or at least special effects. [spoiler] I was genuinely surprised the director/writer was a woman, she definitely has the male gaze mastered for sure for sure.[/spoiler] EDIT/UPDATE: I initially gave this a 7 but I forgot the whole dynamic about aging and if given the option of being a younger better version of yourself could be an addiction, and if I was put in a similar situation could I stop, or could I maintain the balance? Because of that I bumped it up. It got me thinking. Empathizing and shit.