The Substance exposes brilliantly the tortures women put themselves and their bodies through. It is bleakly true, but there’s a bigger, and happier, truth for all women.

The film follows fading A-list actress Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) who, after being axed from her exercise segment on a morning show by Dennis Quaid’s hideous TV exec Harvey, takes an experimental substance that ‘generates a new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect, you’.

Starring as a 'fading celebrity ' (the synopsis' words, not mine), Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, who's fired from her TV show for being too old. Desperate not to let her stardom slip away, Sparkle decides to take a black-market drug, which is capable of creating a younger, more 'perfect' version of herself.

Demi Moore leads a critically acclaimed cast in stomach churning new horror film The Substance - and film fans in the UK have been so disturbed by scenes they've had to quit screenings

Demi Moore has provided a glimpse into how she filmed intense, gory scenes for her new horror film ‘The Substance’

The female body is a horror movie waiting to happen. From puberty and the grisly onset of menstruation, in pictures such as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps, to pregnancy and childbirth — Rosemary’s Baby is the obvious example — women have provided a rich seam of inspiration for genre film-makers over the past half century.

Demi Moore's latest horror film, The Substance, is causing a stir in UK cinemas as viewers walk out due to its extreme gore and disturbing content. The critically acclaimed movie, directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat,

Demi Moore's new movie The Substance has left moviegoers feeling sick and walking out of screenings, despite the actress saying she's "very proud" of the film

Demi Moore's new movie, The Substance, has left cinema-goers reeling after it was released in theaters - with some even being sick as a result