TALES OF LOHR: "THE SUBSTANCE"

Thoughts on Coralie Fargeat's gnarly satirical horror; plus, Viva "Factory Roll Call"!

Sep 26, 2024

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Quite appropriate, really, the number of inspirations coursing through the narrative and visual DNA of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance. This caustic, gruesome satirical horror film bears the scars of Jekyll and Hyde, Faust, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, and the twinned 1950 famous-women-in-twilight-extremis classics Sunset Blvd. and All About Eve. The fil…

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