Cinemas all across the world are witnessing walkouts as a result of Demi Moore’s new violent movie
There have reportedly been walkouts from Demi Moore’s most recent horror film because of its upsetting content.
In the September 20–released film The Substance, which is based on the life of legendary Hollywood actress Elisabeth Sparkle, the 61-year-old actress plays the lead role.The French director Coralie Fargeat’s critically praised horror film addresses the problem of unrealistic Hollywood beauty standards.
After being ejected from her TV show, Sparkle uses a medicine available on the illicit market to transform herself into a younger, better version of herself.
Dennis Quaid, 70, plays Harvey, the TV executive and one of the movie’s antagonists, while Margaret Qualley, 29, plays Sue, a younger version of Elisabeth.
Audiences have loved The Substance greatly, and it has an amazing 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
Not everyone was impressed, though, as one moviegoer claimed on X that many others «walked out» of the theater because of the graphic nature of the picture. They said in the post, «As far as I’m concerned, we don’t have enough movies where that might happen.»
Another user wrote, «Some people walked out of the screening of The Substance we were at last night.» They had a similar experience at their local theater. Among the bloodiest movies I’ve ever seen.
«I’ve seen thousands of films and it’s very hard to shock me, but this gloriously demented movie was cray-cray on 11,» a third user commented.
