When it comes to upcoming horror movies, one of this year’s best may be hitting theaters this weekend, with Demi Moore ’s body horror flick The Substance causing quite a stir amongst critics since its premiere at Cannes.

"The Substance" is a dark modern fable that starts out blaming men for reducing women to sex objects and then cuts deeper. Fargeat saves a special rage for women who conspire in their own diminishment, trading their soul in a pulse beat for a few more shining hours as a goddess.

The 61-year-old plays a fading TV star who goes to extreme measures to achieve youth and beauty.

Coralie Fargeat’s bloody-as-hell satire lets the star flip the bird to showbiz’s youth obsessions and beauty double standards — in the best (and grossest) way imaginable

What is The Substance? It's a drug that will create a younger version of you from your own DNA. That new you will graphically fall out of your back, complete with squishy sound effects.

When I read back in the spring that Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance was the most divisive movie at Cannes—it got the festival’s longest standing ovation (11 minutes) and the award for best screenplay,

Since its Cannes premiere “The Substance” has churned controversy over its body horror scenario, frequent, flagrant nudity – and buzz about a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Demi Moore.