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The Substance (2024)

I think I’ve figured out the recipe to brew The Substance… Cookbook: Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Ingredients: 1 ounce of Barbie (2023), 1 spoon of The Thing (1982), 1 glass of The Fly (1986), 1 pound of Braindead (1992), 1 piece of Carrie (1976), 1 gram of The Shining (1980), 1 chunk of The Elephant Man (1980), 1 part of Society (1989). Make sure these ingredients are prepared with special camera lenses by a skilled director, assisted by brilliant make-up effects artists, and you’ll have a treat to remember.