Six Films That Directly Influenced ‘The Substance’


Six Films That Directly Influenced ‘The Substance’

Published 14 Jan 2025 1.00 PM Six Movies That Had a Direct Impact on "The Substance"Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire how she and "The Substance" were influenced by movies by Darren Aronofsky, John Carpenter, the Coen brothers, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and Stanley Kubrick."It has to do with the phantasmagoria and the fact that you defy reality," 'The Substance' was influenced by Kubrick, Lynch, Cronenberg, the Coens, Carpenter, and Aronofsky films, according to filmmaker Coralie Fargeat.