The Substance has made historical past as solely the seventh horror film to ever be nominated for Finest Image on the Oscars. Directed by Coralie Fargeat, the 2024 horror-drama has earned a complete of 5 nominations, together with Finest Director (Coralie Fargeat), Finest Actress in a Main Position (Demi Moore), Finest Unique Screenplay, and Finest Make-up and Hairstyling. The movie stars Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading superstar who takes an experimental drug that creates a youthful, idealized model of herself named Sue, performed by Margaret Qualley, with drastic penalties.

The Academy has nominated Fargeat’s critically acclaimed body-horror because the seventh horror film in historical past for Finest Image, following The Exorcist in 1973, Jaws in 1975, The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, The Sixth Sense in 1999, Black Swan in 2010, and Jordan Peele’s Get Out in 2017.

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