Yahoo Movies New horror movie debuts with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score at Cannes
Coralie Fargeat's new star-studded movie The Substance has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, earning rave reviews and a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
A body horror starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, The Substance toys with the ever-fascinating and eerie exploration of cloning and society's obsession with chasing youth and beauty at all costs.
Written and directed by Fargeat, whose 2017 rape revenge movie Revenge shocked audiences, The Substance currently sits at a coveted 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, though the critic score may change as more reviews come in.
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Following its Cannes debut, the movie has been acquired by Mubi, with distribution details to be announced in due course. In the meantime, let's have a look at what critics at Cannes made of the film.
"Unlike other films that claim to be body-horror, Fargeat delivers in spectacular and revolting fashion, not just conjuring memories of David Cronenberg but also Brian De Palma."
"The Substance has re-confirmed Fargeat's technical brilliance and proved to us there are no limits to how far she will go to tell us what's pissing her off and why we should be equally as enraged.
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"[Coralie Fargeat] draws on much of the hyperbolic flamboyance that's come to define megaplex horror. But unlike 90 percent of those movies, The Substance is the work of a filmmaker with a vision. She's got something primal to say to us."
"The perfect breakout genre movie of the year."
"Fargeat's movie escalates with the kind of ultra-confident audacity that leaves you laughing out loud at sights that would otherwise make you shriek instead."
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"All the mismatching debauched pieces of The Substance come together to form a Frankenstein's monster of a diabolically delightful B-movie that brings laughs, thrills and blood... lots and lots of blood."
"It's a classic 'be careful what you wish for' film. You may find stardom, but nothing lasts forever."
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