Demi Moore deserves an Oscar for The Substance.
While The Substance sees Demi Moore play an Oscar winner, I think Hollywood should make the actor a real-life winner thanks to her fearless performance in the wild satirical body horror. The Substance is the sophomore directorial effort of Coralie Fargeat, previously known for her 2017 debut Revenge. Like that brutal earlier horror movie, The Substance is a canny, vicious feminist horror movie that doesn’t shy away from the genre’s nastier side.
However, The Substance's critically acclaim comes from more than gore. The Substance’s story of an aging actor using the eponymous experimental serum to grow a younger version of herself is a heady combination of social satire, body horror, and speculative sci-fi. Demi Moore’s comeback performance as The Substance’s troubled heroine Elizabeth Sparkle is career-best work, while Margaret Qualley’s unhinged, unsettling Sue compliments her perfectly.
While there are a handful of horror movies like The Substance, there are a few earlier genre outings that manage to balance extremely gruesome body horror with sharp, surprisingly poignant commentary on gender, insecurity, power, the fear of aging, and impossible beauty standards. It is to Moore’s credit that Sparkles’ story resonates with viewers despite how potentially ludicrous the movie’s far-fetched sci-fi premise could appear.
How Realistic Is It That Demi Moore Will Get An Oscar Nomination For The Substance? The Substance’s Brutal Body Horror Is Unfortunately Likely To Repel The Academy While the Academy rarely honors horror movies, I firmly believe that Demi Moore could at least earn a Best Actress nomination for The Substance.
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