The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge (2017) thrilled audiences with its never-ending finale chase sequence through hallways lubricated in Shining-level quantities of blood. The French filmmaker’s follow-up, The Substance, amps up the gore, adding a strong dose of Cronenbergian body horror. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a star, a big enough one to merit her own on the…