The substance is easily one of the best horror movies that came out in 2024, possibly the decade, and now distributor Mubi has released an extensive behind-the-scenes video.
Definite spoiler warning ahead in this making-of video for anyone who hasn’t seen The Substance yet, and probably a content warning for body horror imagery as well.
It was the Golden Globes over the weekend, and easily one of the most satisfying wins of the night was Demi Moore’s for her lead performance in last year’s The Substance. While it may have been the film’s only award at the awards ceremony, it was huge, as it was Moore’s first major win in his long and prolific career. Now, building on Moore’s win and the four other nominations the film received at the Globes, the film’s distributor, Mubi, has released a making-of video that delves deeper into the making of the body horror.
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The behind-the-scenes mini-documentary begins with writer-director Coralie Fargeat discussing her intention behind making the film, which largely arose from the lack of representation of women over 50 in films, a point that had become very personal. for her as she herself grew.
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Some of the best things there are about all the special effects in the movie, which if you’ve seen the movie you know are pretty gnarly. It was all pretty cheap considering there are a lot of shots of bodies being mangled in gruesome ways – one of my favorite bits comes at 9:16 and shows one of the fake bodies being manipulated to make it look like something is trying to crawl out of its skin. Good stuff! Well worth a watch for fans of the film, or even just fans of the craft.
