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.”
Spoiler, even though why would you be reading comments on this article if you were worried about spoilers…
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I had heard the hype about this being a gross-out body horror movie so was a little more prepared when we watched it. In that light, I was actually a little surprised that the initial transformation scene didn’t go even further. There were a few moments that made me cringe or look away from the screen, like the infected spinal tap stuff. I wasn’t tempted to walk out necessarily, but in the final ~20 minutes it ramps up to such a ridiculous and surreal level that it was like, “Ok, I get it. That’s enough now,” and started checking my watch. But that seems to be what they were going for, so kudos.