THE SUBSTANCE: Bloody New Teaser Shows Audience Reaction To Most Shocking Moments

THE SUBSTANCE: Bloody New Teaser Shows Audience Reaction To Most Shocking Moments

A new TV spot for The Substance has been released, and it features some audience members' reaction to what's been described as an "utterly batsh*t" experience...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 18, 2024 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Via FearHQ

Revenge director Coralie Fargeat’s new body horror satire, The Substance, arrives in theaters this weekend, and a new TV spot has been released which highlights cinemagoers' reactions to witnessing the movie's most twisted, gruesome, and batsh*t insane moments.

The story focuses on an acclaimed actress turned celebrity host of a daytime exercise program (Demi Moore) who gets replaced by a younger star, sparking a confrontation between the two women that ultimately turns violent.

That's the basic outline. If you want some of the gory (literally) details and don't mind some mild spoilers, read on.

Moore's character, Elizabeth Sparkle, makes use of a secret cloning procedure and the titular substance to produce a younger, more perfect version of herself, Sue, played by Margaret Qualley. How is this accomplished? Well, Miss Sparkle "births" Sue through her back in an extremely bloody sequence.

This is far from the most messed-up thing that happens in the movie, so be sure to drop back on Friday for a full spoiler breakdown. In the meantime, have a look at the new teaser below along with a previously-released full trailer.

The Substance reportedly features some pretty extreme gore, but the scene that's sparked the most discussion is a brutal fight between Moore and Qualley's characters - complete with graphic, full-frontal nudity.

“I had someone who was a great partner,” said Moore of her co-star. “We were obviously quite close at some moments… and naked. But there was also a levity [in shooting those scenes].”

Moore also noted that the film “pushed me out of the comfort zone,” but she felt that the nudity “was necessary to tell this story” and that Fargeat approached the scenes “with a lot of sensitivity, establishing a common ground of mutual trust.”

"Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? You should try this new product: The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another version of yourself: younger, more beautiful, more perfect… Just share the time. One week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days. Easy, isn’t it? If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong?"

The Substance is set for release on September 20. Do you plan on checking it out on the big screen? Let us know in the comments section down below.

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LibraMatter
LibraMatter - 9/18/2024, 3:36 PM
Dang, sounds pretty interesting. Seems like there has been a huge wave of “this is the goriest movie around” contest. I kind of wonder if these movies lean a little too much on that aspect.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 9/18/2024, 3:58 PM
@LibraMatter - YOUR COMMENT!!! Since 2002, I feel you with movies claiming to be the "goriest" film of the season. Terrifier 2, In A Violent Nature, Beaten to Death, just to name a few. I love gory films, but I think the stakes have been set for the "goriest" movie for awhile now. Just make the story good, at least.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 9/18/2024, 4:52 PM
@JayLemle - whoops. I meant "2022."
LibraMatter
LibraMatter - 9/18/2024, 11:49 PM
@JayLemle - Exactly. Terrifier is a great example of all gore and no real story chops. Those movies just seem to exist to shock and they have to get more messed up, more intensely gross and disturbing or they have no value to their fans. I liked the first one and All Hallows Eve but just see it as gore for gores sake, now.

When the buzz is mainly around how gross a movie is it kind of makes me not want to check it out in the movie theater. No substance, IMO. Hopefully “the Substance” is different. We’ll see.
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 9/19/2024, 5:34 AM
@LibraMatter - The Substance is short on plot, big on satire. It is pretty gross, but not outright the goriest movie. It is still rated R, after all. It is insanely inventive with it's gore though. Not since the splatter and body horror movies of the 80's and 90's has a mainstream movie been so gleefully gory. Think Cronenberg, Yuzna and Henenlotter.
LibraMatter
LibraMatter - 9/22/2024, 1:37 PM
@JoeInTheBox - I have read non spoiler reviews of Terrifier 3 and decided it’s not for me due to the scene from 2 in the bedroom being pretty much my limit. Would you say I should watch “The Substance”? I am curious about it.
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 9/30/2024, 5:43 AM
@LibraMatter - Although I don't think there's one scene in The Substance that's gorier or brutal than that scene in Terrifier 2, there's a constant stream of gory and wild moments in The Substance. Think along the lines of Cronenberg's The Fly. Same kind of progression of gore and body horror.
LibraMatter
LibraMatter - 9/30/2024, 2:25 PM
@JoeInTheBox - ok, I can do that. Thanks!
narrow290
narrow290 - 9/18/2024, 3:39 PM
LOOKS INSANE! count me in..
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 9/18/2024, 4:41 PM
Looks great. Don't think it'll make a lot of bank tho.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/18/2024, 5:04 PM

@OriginalGusto1
@SuperCat
@GeneralZod

I watched the trailer. Now I have to see this ridiculous furked up thing. And I double dog dare SuperCat to see if he can gross us out worse than the movie.

OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 9/18/2024, 9:09 PM
@DocSpock - He can't without a german shepard and a gas chamber.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 9/18/2024, 6:22 PM
Is there a comic book to this movie?
No?
Then why is it being shared on here?
Nolanite out
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/18/2024, 6:47 PM
@Nolanite - I just decided to go crazy and shake things up a bit. This is the first time we've ever posted a non comic book-related story here... so it's a pretty big deal. Maybe it'll catch on? I dunno. We'll see how things go.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 9/18/2024, 7:37 PM
@MarkCassidy - whoa! The first time!
Crossing my fingers 🤞 that it goes well!
Nolanite out
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/18/2024, 10:27 PM
@MarkCassidy -

I thought you were just drunk. I highly approve!!
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/19/2024, 1:06 AM
@MarkCassidy - I'd say it's the 2nd. Last year an article was shared about another non-comic book story that was in the genre of gore and violence about some guy that for some reason got brutally beated up by each person he encountered and there was supposed to be a twist of why that happened to him. Think it was an Australian story. But it was far from my cup of tea honestly.
NGFB
NGFB - 9/18/2024, 9:14 PM
Gore porn, made purely for shock value. Not interested.
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 9/19/2024, 5:35 AM
@NGFB - It's not, but okay. You do you.

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