The Oscar-winning film is truly an unforgettable watch.

The Substance, the brilliantly bonkers body horror satire, is newly available to stream through Paramount+.

The Oscar-winning film is the sophomore effort of visionary writer-director Coralie Fargeat (we here at JOE are huge fans of her debut action flick, Revenge).

Her latest movie is headlined by Hollywood legend Demi Moore (Ghost), who plays Elizabeth Sparkle – the star of a popular aerobics show.

Elizabeth is fired by her boss (Dennis Quaid, The Day After Tomorrow) on her 50th birthday due to her age.

Feeling humiliated and with her morale at its lowest, out of the blue, the host receives an invite to try a black market drug, one which could solve all of her problems.

After injecting the mysterious drug, dubbed ‘The Substance’, it temporarily creates a “younger, better version” of Elizabeth (played by rising star Margaret Qualley, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood).

While at first, The Substance works a charm, its usage comes with several rules – which if broken can cause devastating side effects.

Upon release, the movie was met with rapturous rave reviews, as well as word-of-mouth box-office success.

In particular, The Substance has been praised for Fargeat’s eye-popping visuals, the three fearless performances at its centre (particularly Moore’s) and the film’s masterful blend of laugh-out-loud Hollywood satire with immaculately staged visceral and unforgettable body horror.

The movie was also nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, before winning the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

You can read a sample of some of the raves for The Substance right here:

Deadline: “The perfect breakout genre movie of the year.”

IndieWire: “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.”

Total Film: “This is a smart, savage look at ageing, beauty, and the male gaze. Quaid and Qualley are excellent, but Moore delivers arguably a career-best performance.”

Variety: “[Coralie Fargeat] draws on much of the hyperbolic flamboyance that’s come to define megaplex horror. But unlike 90 per cent of those movies, The Substance is the work of a filmmaker with a vision. She’s got something primal to say to us.”

The Substance is streaming in Ireland and the UK on Paramount+ and Mubi right now.

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