
The Substance
Coralie Fargeat's ferocious body-horror satire treats the pursuit of eternal youth as the ultimate parasitic addiction. Demi Moore delivers a career-best, vanity-free turn as Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging fitness icon who injects a neon-green replicant serum to birth Sue (Margaret Qualley), a younger avatar. The rules demand balance, but Sue rapidly begins gorging on Elisabeth’s physical vitality, draining her spinal fluid and accelerating her decay in grotesque, squelching increments. It reimagines the bloodthirsty dynamic for the Hollywood age, framing ageism through intoxicating practical effects. For streamers tracking down chilling allegories of bloodlust and predatory youth on Hulu, this audacious thriller hits like an electric shock.








