A new body horror film is causing walkouts in cinemas across the world due to its extreme gore.
Those in attendance of screenings of the new film have been sharing their experience of sitting through the two-hour plus title while audience members around them decided enough was enough.
The film in question is The Substance, which is directed by Coralie Fargeat and was named one of the best titles at this year’s Cannes Film Festival by The Independent, who predicted its thrills would receive “a love it or hate it” response upon release.
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Its enticing plot has lured in cinemagoers who clearly weren’t prepared for how extreme things get; The Independent previously called The Substance “a body horror that goes places even body horror aficionados will be shocked by”.
After seeing the film, a cinemagoer wrote: “My review of The Substance is that people walked out of our screening and as far as I’m concerned we don’t have enough movies where that might happen,” with another stating: “Some people walked out of the screening of The Substance we were at last night. One of the most violent films I’ve ever seen.”
One person added: “I’ve seen thousands of films and it’s very hard to shock me, but this gloriously demented movie was cray-cray on 11. ‘The Substance’ is not for the faint of heart (during my viewing, several people walked out mid film), but is an instant cult classic. You’ve been warned.”
This is a great example of why The Independent is a shit source. We have two reviews without a location linked that mention a couple of people walking out. We also don’t know the reasons why. Based on the movie timeline, the “extreme gore” hasn’t even started when the reviews mention walkouts. “Walkouts across the world” needs a bit more than two online comments. I fucking hate The Independent.
The movie is really good. I can definitely understand squeamish folks wanting to stay away. I closed my eyes a lot because I can’t handle the level of body horror in the movie. It’s really fucking good. Compared to the bullshit people tried last year with Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, this is real body horror, not just a bunch of goths with body mods from central casting.