The Substance

Sunday, October 20 until Thursday, October 24, 2024Yukon Theatre

Encore screening - Thusrday Oct 24 at 8pm.

A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley).

The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. Easy, right?

Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s explosive Cannes sensation is a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages.

 

Rated R for strong bloody violent content, gore, graphic nudity and language.

Recommended ages 18+

“An instant horror classic. The most sickly entertaining theatrical experience of the year.”

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