My thoughts on The Substance

I don't like horror movies, but I decided (foolishly?) that maybe The Substance wouldn't be so bad? It wasn't at all scary, but there was lots of medical stuff - injections mostly - and lots and lots of gore. It is about the misogyny and ageism of the movie/tv industry and how once a woman reaches a certain age, she's tossed onto the scrap heap and replaced with a younger replacement. Such is the case with the protagonist of this movie - she hits 50 and the head of the network wants her replaced with a 20something. She discovers "The Substance", a wonder drug that can unlock a younger better version of herself. And it doesn't quite work out how she plans.

The transformation into her new version was not at all what I expected based on what you see in the trailer. Very gory. Very traumatic. The prosthetics effects are amazing, or at least I'm guessing they're not CGI. Moore looks amazing, which just hammers home the daftness of the disgusting character that Quaid plays. Not a movie I'd probably watch again, but I think it was good - just not my sort of thing. #MovieReview