THE SUBSTANCE – A Deep Dive into The Best Body Horror in Years
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Video Written, Recorded and Co-edited by Elvis
Co-written and research help by Brett Maynard
Video Edited by ► Eugene from Replayed.co
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Music Used ► RW Smith: Dig Deep, and Perfect Dark OST
@Horehoundbasedcandies
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
What’s really sad is who are the main culprits behind women feeling pressure in society?
Other women
@danninmatthews5640
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
It's a modern adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.
@ronbird121
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
tbh even aging, a good actress steys a good actress.
@eusouadaf
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Well they are one. Sue is Elizabeth and Elizabeth is Sue. But Elizabeth self hatred is so fucking massive that when she is Sue, she despises Elizabeth and when she is decaying as Elizabeth she blames Sue to not come to terms with the reality that she did that to herself, she’s the only one to blame.
@markserpa4511
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
43:21 looking like the yellow man from sin city.
@deepsieta
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Rick and Morty explains the consciousness issue in a younger body in a way that complements both theories
@nahualsolitario
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
36:56 huh, kinda sounds like Dead Ringers when you put it that way
@kaelan-neumann.1108
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I love this movie and I would definitely never watch it again
@jenneacubero1036
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
So…going by this video, the movie is an allegory for stage moms living vicariously through their daughters until things go horribly wrong?
Meanwhile, this feels more like the female/aging version of Eddie Murphy's "Nutty Professor".
@chihuahuasarecute123
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
It’s Jekyll and Hyde rules while the man on the phone is telling her to “respect the balance.” Then in the final scene, she’s messed up her psyche so bad that they’ve become separate. They start the same consciousness bouncing then separate from self harm.
@Konani_the_unicorn_queen
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
apparently the movie had some more planned scenes and interactions that would more easily solidify that they are the same person and the same consciousness, just in two different bodies;
one being an interaction between Sue and a security guard and him saying something in favor of letting her pass,
and when Elizabeth meet the same security guard later, she reference what he said to Sue. but it didn't end up in the movie,
i also was very confused about if they were the same person or not, but if going by the original script; yes they are.
@justinhammer3196
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
This movie was at least 30% butt porn. And I too think they only shared some knowledge. Why would they be surprised so many times otherwise. But so much butt porn.
@scarymonsters9130
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
My take on this movie is the dependency on your physical appearance.
@kayydancer7
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Bro… suspend your disbelief…
@kmaldo16
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Elisabeth lives through Sue but I dont believe Sue lives Elisabeth. Elisabeth hates herself. She is making the decision to hurt her older self because she hates her
@T1hitsTheHighestNote
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Sue has a 20-year-old brain, so makes sense she’s also immature.
@T1hitsTheHighestNote
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
The movie has a non-realistic, expressionistic style, so Sue literally crawling out through Elisabeth’s spine is supposed to be very weird, even magical.
@BunnychanFarabee
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I think that the "Switch" basically transfers consciousness between the two, but they don't share personalities past the point of using the Activator. Thus, they not only have no complete memories of what the other person did while the consciousness was swapped, their goals begin to diverge wildly.
@r3x85
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I do feel that while Elizabeth and Sue take center stage in discussions, I don't see as many people talk about Fred. He's geniunely a nice guy and we don't get to see what happens to him after Elizabeth ghosts him.
@sena36725
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
You should watch The Ugly Stepsister
@video631king
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
This movie started off amazing, but then progressively got worse and worse.
@TonEboi666
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
My theory: She starts as being a single consciousness, but dissociates further into the Sue personality. She begins to hate "herself" and forgets that "she is one". Clues are her wearing the same coat, acting similarly and checking out her new body after birth. She also was completely aware and receptive to taking Elisabeth's old job.
When it goes sideways, Elisabeth doesn't pull the cord because she's gone too far to not have the younger self to represent her, even though she forgets herself more each time she switches to Sue.
They become separate after the botched termination, and the Sue self forms from the familiar neural pathways of her shared life with Elisabeth. Genetic memory, and such.
@UrielAvalosjr
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
he keeps using “ingenious” when he means genius.
Ingenious is the opposite.
@quinnferno88
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
They are not separate people or separate minds. It's constantly re-iterated that they are the same person. A key point the film tries to make is about self-harm and accepting our whole selves. That's why Sue cannot survive once she kills Elizabeth. Because she has essentially killed a part of herself. She needs her whole self to survive. You're looking at it the wrong way.
@orimoreau3138
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
You tried so desperately to pretend this movie isn't incredibly dumb but come the fuck on.
I'm just here for the body horror
@EHCBunny4real
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
The ID and Ego are part of the same consciousness. Sue is the ID, and Elizabeth is the EGO
@93amychristine
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Your summary from 37:45–39:10 really echoes the dynamic often seen with a narcissistic parent who lives through their child. It supports your point that Sue’s brattish behavior mirrors aspects of Elisabeth’s own past behavior. The lack of mutual respect for boundaries and autonomy between them, combined with their view of love and admiration as something transactional, adds even more depth to the argument. Altogether, it makes for a really nuanced and layered film.
@MCognettaable
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
Why are all you idiots trying sooo hard to make this all so literal, or fill in EVERY single hole with logic? Like u have never watched a movie a day in your life 🥴 yea there is a guy with a burnt face that shows up in your dreams and pops thru your ceiling and bed too🤦🏻♀️ u don’t sit there are pick apart how that “wouldn’t be possible” so why do u do it sooo much with this movie?? There’s so many deeper metaphors here that you spend too much time trying to “make sense of” it really makes yall seem so low IQ or annoying at best…it is even categorized as a sci fi horror…
@MCognettaable
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
You making it too literal like talking about the not having an ID over and over or “how she fit in the other body” etc is so fkn annoying! It’s a movie…things don’t ever always fully “make sense” it’s metaphoric 🙄 it makes you hard to listen too…u did it wayyy more than a handful of times…
@anjaamilagastrell1786
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
this shit fucking made me depressed asf holly
@CodyHimselfXI
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
This is seriously one of my favorite movies I have seen in years!
@robertmcnally9305
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I’m so glad you introduced me to this movie. I ended up watching it myself and loved it
@NathanMontgomery2137
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
im pretty sure Sue and Elisabeth are the same person swapping bodies every week, its just that Elisabeth got addicted to the validation given to her in her new body, so the scene of the 2 confronting each other at the end kind of symbolizes the disjointed psyches of an addict : the one high on validation and the one who feels the effects of the lack of it. sorta like a drug yk, it gives you what you want but takes from the person you are off the drug (health wise for example) + the problems you had that made you take the drug in the first place. that would make you rather be in the state of euphoria the drug gives you – the drug being the validation coming from a "desirable" body, not the vitality itself. maybe thats why the name of the movie is "the substance". a parallel of "the substance" that temporarily gives you what we all will lose at some point, rather than the typical high associated with substances
@nataliapockets
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I think of Sue as WANTING to believe that she is completely different and separated from her older self, even though they are the same. It's a good representation of how vanity can go so far that you are willing to separate who you are to be someone else (and in this case, that someone else is just a version of yourself)
@nevaladder
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I think the decisions and actions that don't make sense to you is because you're looking more at the plot and less at the story. If you examine Elisabeth's character journey, both her and Sue's actions not only make sense but are also expected.
@leamael00
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
I like that this movie isn't too one sided. It shows that men are dumb sometimes, but also that hot girls live on easy mode until they get old.
@tyup-nk1fq
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 am
“Youth and beauty are not accomplishments. They’re the temporary byproduct of time and/or DNA. Don’t hold your breath for either.”
-Carrie Fisher
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