# The Substance (2024)

> A discarded television celebrity unleashes a grotesque battle between her aging self and the younger replacement engineered by a black-market miracle.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/846629

## Facts

- Runtime: 141 min
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
- Director: Coralie Fargeat
- Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton-Clark, Gore Abrams, Oscar Lesage, Christian Erickson, Robin Greer
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: grotesque, dreamlike, cathartic, late night horror viewing, arthouse film night

## Synopsis

A fading star risks everything for a chance at eternal youth, but the cost may be her very identity.

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