The best last-minute Halloween costume is also the hippest, thanks to The Substance
Briefly

"...The horror genre is booming, just as it should. The last weekend of the October spooky season helped Smile 2 widen its grin and Terrifier 3 soar to become the highest-grossing unrated film of all time."
"Writer-director Coralie Fargeat starts with that memorable image, then pushes, pushes, and pushes the premise to explore the damage incurred by one actor's pursuit for eternal youth."
"After her initial injection of the carefully marketed titular green goo, Hollywood-starlet-turned-workout-TV-host Elisabeth Sparkle gives sudden-spinal-explosion birth to 'Sue' (Margaret Qualley)..."
"...the overdose transforms the 'younger, more beautiful, more perfect' version of Elisabeth into a warped mutation of both women..."
Read at Polygon
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