Substance, The (2024)

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Synopsis

Dir: Coralie Fargeat. Horror. An aging fitness icon (Demi Moore) takes an experimental medication in hopes of rejuvenating herself.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence - much blood and gory, brutal detail
• Frequent portrayals of nightmarish imagery and transformations in a horror context - blood and gory detail
• Frequent portrayals of injury, decapitation, and wound detail - much blood and gory detail
• Frequent breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context
• Frequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - detail

Thematic elements

• Obsession with youth
• Gender and age
• Perspectives on success

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for gory scenes, nudity, violence, substance use, and disturbing content

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