#56: THE SUBSTANCE (2024) WITH ERIKA BEAN

About this episode

Andrew Graves and Erika Bean discuss the film The Substance and its thematic connections to classic horror.

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and returning guest Erika Bean take the activator and plunge themselves into the bat-shit duality that is Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024). Together the pair compare the film to Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931), Frankenstein (1931) and Society (1989) and discuss everything from women in horror to 21st century cinema and for some reason Ozzy Osbourne and Captain Scott. You have been warned.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Graves

Guest: Erika Bean

Topics covered

• horror films
• 21st century cinema
• film comparison
• women in horror
• dualities in film

Keywords

• The Substance
• horror
• film analysis
• Erika Bean
• Andrew Graves
• Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Frankenstein
• Society

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Substance, Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein, Society

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