The Substance
2024 · 141 min · Horror / Science Fiction · TMDB 7.1
The short version:Fading star injects a serum that births a younger self. Satirical, loud, and the last half hour is one of the goriest in recent memory. Needles, lots of needles.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary5.0
TameNightmare fuel
Dread6.0
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares3.0
NoneConstant
Disturbing8.0
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim6.0
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Extended full nudity throughout, mostly non-sexual.
Body & medical
- Body horrorHeavyeditorial
- Medical & surgicalHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Spinal injections, blood draws, stapling a back together.
- Self-harmModerateeditorial
- Vomiting & gross-outModerateeditorial
- Eye traumaBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Mental illnessBriefeditorial