Content & Trigger Warnings for The Substance (2024)
11 content warnings identified for this movie.
Quick Summary
Yes, The Substance (2024) contains 11 content warnings : Ableism (depicted), Eating disorders, Gaslighting / emotional manipulation, Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Needles / medical procedures, Vomit / emesis (emetophobia), Explicit sexual content / nudity, Drug use (depicted), Gore / graphic violence, Self-harm / suicide (depicted).
The most severe warnings are for Blood / medical gore (severity 5/5), Body horror (severity 5/5), Needles / medical procedures (severity 4/5), Vomit / emesis (emetophobia) (severity 4/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 5/5), Self-harm / suicide (depicted) (severity 4/5).
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| Warning | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity & Discrimination | |||
| Ableism (depicted) | 3/5 | Depicted | The film explores society's revulsion toward aging and non-normative bodies, with grotesque depictions of physical deterioration and deformity. |
| Mental Health & Emotional | |||
| Eating disorders | 3/5 | Depicted | Themes of extreme body image obsession, aging anxiety, and disordered relationship with food and body |
| Other | |||
| Gaslighting / emotional manipulation | 3/5 | Depicted | Industry manipulation and pressure regarding appearance and aging |
| Phobias & Sensory | |||
| Blood / medical gore | 5/5 | Depicted | Extreme body horror with copious amounts of blood, especially in the film's climactic sequences. |
| Body horror | 5/5 | Depicted | Extreme and graphic body transformation, deterioration, and grotesque physical mutations throughout |
| Needles / medical procedures | 4/5 | Depicted | Repeated injection scenes with the mysterious substance |
| Vomit / emesis (emetophobia) | 4/5 | Depicted | Graphic scenes of bodily fluids and expulsion as part of the body horror transformation sequences. |
| Sexual Content | |||
| Explicit sexual content / nudity | 3/5 | Depicted | Nudity and sexual situations depicted |
| Substance Use | |||
| Drug use (depicted) | 3/5 | Depicted | The substance itself functions as an addictive drug that the character becomes dependent on |
| Violence & Physical Harm | |||
| Gore / graphic violence | 5/5 | Depicted | Intensely graphic blood, viscera, and bodily destruction |
| Self-harm / suicide (depicted) | 4/5 | Depicted | Self-inflicted bodily harm as part of the transformation horror |
Identity & Discrimination
The film explores society's revulsion toward aging and non-normative bodies, with grotesque depictions of physical deterioration and deformity.
Mental Health & Emotional
Themes of extreme body image obsession, aging anxiety, and disordered relationship with food and body
Other
Industry manipulation and pressure regarding appearance and aging
Phobias & Sensory
Extreme body horror with copious amounts of blood, especially in the film's climactic sequences.
Extreme and graphic body transformation, deterioration, and grotesque physical mutations throughout
Graphic scenes of bodily fluids and expulsion as part of the body horror transformation sequences.
Sexual Content
Substance Use
The substance itself functions as an addictive drug that the character becomes dependent on
Violence & Physical Harm
Self-inflicted bodily harm as part of the transformation horror
