The Substance

A person is beaten in prolonged and brutal fashion in a sequence which also emphasises blood and injury. A character is decapitated and blood gushes from the victim's neck stump.

Scenes of threat include those in which a frightened character locks herself inside a bathroom while her pursuer smashes her way into the room. A terrified character runs naked from a woman's apartment. A vehicle crashes into a person's car, spinning the vehicle around.

Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', 'butt').

Two people passionately kiss and grope each other during foreplay; however, the couple remain clothed and there is no strong detail. Sexualised images feature during scenes in which dancing and gyrating is suggestive of sex.

Negatively presented characters make sexist and ageist comments.

Characters inject unnamed drugs intended to renew and preserve their youth.

In one sequence, a person slaps herself repeatedly, and in another sequence she pulls at her hair.

There are several scenes in which gore and injury detail are emphasised. People are drenched in blood which erupts from a person's wrist after their hand detaches. A character's leg falls off, and blood and viscera bursts from their body. A person pulls out her teeth with their bare hands in a scene filmed in close-up, which also includes blood subsequently pouring from the character's gums. Characters mutate in scenes which include a foreign object removed from a person's stomach and a breast growing out of an eye socket. A person's back splits open and a younger version of themself emerges. There is subsequent emphasis on the younger version stitching her former host's body together. There is close-up sight of infected wounds.

There are several scenes of full body nudity. These often include close-up emphasis, as well as sexualisation in scenes in which characters run their hands over their naked bodies.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

A person is beaten in prolonged and brutal fashion in a sequence which also emphasises blood and injury. A character is decapitated and blood gushes from the victim's neck stump.

Scenes of threat include those in which a frightened character locks herself inside a bathroom while her pursuer smashes her way into the room. A terrified character runs naked from a woman's apartment. A vehicle crashes into a person's car, spinning the vehicle around.

Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', 'butt').

Two people passionately kiss and grope each other during foreplay; however, the couple remain clothed and there is no strong detail. Sexualised images feature during scenes in which dancing and gyrating is suggestive of sex.

Negatively presented characters make sexist and ageist comments.

Characters inject unnamed drugs intended to renew and preserve their youth.

In one sequence, a person slaps herself repeatedly, and in another sequence she pulls at her hair.

There are several scenes in which gore and injury detail are emphasised. People are drenched in blood which erupts from a person's wrist after their hand detaches. A character's leg falls off, and blood and viscera bursts from their body. A person pulls out her teeth with their bare hands in a scene filmed in close-up, which also includes blood subsequently pouring from the character's gums. Characters mutate in scenes which include a foreign object removed from a person's stomach and a breast growing out of an eye socket. A person's back splits open and a younger version of themself emerges. There is subsequent emphasis on the younger version stitching her former host's body together. There is close-up sight of infected wounds.

There are several scenes of full body nudity. These often include close-up emphasis, as well as sexualisation in scenes in which characters run their hands over their naked bodies.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.