The Substance exposes brilliantly the tortures women put themselves and their bodies through. It is bleakly true, but there’s a bigger, and happier, truth for all women.

The star gives the performance of her career — but also brings a history with Hollywood that makes this body-horror movie hit that much harder.

One of the latest horror films to land in cinemas is so ‘graphic’ viewers have been walking out before it even finishes. Starring Demi Moore, the film premiered on 20 September and has pretty simply been described as absolutely ‘f**ked’.

Demi Moore tackles the role of a lifetime in "The Substance," directed by French provocateur Coralie Fargeat. Moore faces this body horror satire head-on, giving everything she’s got to portray what i

The scene draws viewers into the universe of The Substance, the new body horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Director Coralie Fargeat masterfully uses elements of body horror to interrogate the tyranny of societal beauty standards.

The much-hyped body horror The Substance won Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival, collected a string of five-star reviews (including by our very own Tim Robey) and has tipped Demi Moore for an Oscar.

The Substance, starring Demi Moore, is a bright and showy body horror film about aging and the hypersexualization of the female body. But it doesn’t go much further than illustrating at great length that there are nasty cultural attitudes toward older women.

Body horror is particularly appealing to creators who would have previously found it difficult to make a living in the world of commercial film-making.