It's rare for a movie like "The Substance" to break into the Oscars race. Written and directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, the film is an intense, satirical and violent body horror thriller about insecurity and the pressures of the unrealistic beauty standards that society forces onto women both when they are young and when they are older.

In the coming-of-age film, "Now and Then," Moore played the older version of a young girl named Samantha, who together with her friends, played by Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Melanie Griffith, recall a memorable summer they shared in 1970.

Demi Moore, who is nominated for Best Actress at the 2025 Oscars, and Margaret Qualley, who plays a younger version of Moore's character in Coralie Fargeat's horror film 'The Substance,' each put their bodies on the line for the demanding shoot.

The Substance took theaters by storm, but the body horror film starring Demi Moore is not for the weak. Some viewers might prefer to watch it at home so they can take a breath and a walk around the block after witnessing French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s confrontational and explicit imagery.

This article contains spoilers for The Substance.Demi Moore has revealed that one of The Substance’s most memorable sequences ended up looking very different on screen to how it came across in the script.

Dennis Quaid, who starred in the 2025 Oscar-nominated film “The Substance” with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, is confident that Moore will win big at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

Oscar season is about to end, with the highly anticipated ceremony taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 2. Among the coveted categories, all eyes are on the Best Actress category,

In an era of rampant method dressing, Demi Moore and her longtime stylist Brad Goreski ran a masterclass in subtlety over the last nine months.