"But subversion requires more than merely uncritically reproducing a thing verbatim while putting a lampshade on it." @orringrey shares their take on The Substance: unwinnable.com/2024/10/03/y...

You Can’t Escape from Yourself: The Substance (2024) - Unwinnable

One of my pet peeves in modern horror films is when the central premise works only as metaphor, not as actual text.