The Substance 2024 Neck. In this episode we dive into the grotesque and hilarious world of the substance, coralie fargeat’s latest body horror spectacle.  — critics have variously accused the substance of pandering to the male gaze, making the older female body appear terrifying and even lacking the very thing in.

 — in “the substance,” a woman’s dream of eternal youth is fulfilled as she gives violent birth to her own younger, shapelier doppelgänger. After premiering at the 2024 cannes film festival, the substance is coming to movie theaters in the us, uk and other locations.