It's rare for a movie like "The Substance" to break into the Oscars race. Written and directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, the film is an intense, satirical and violent body horror thriller about insecurity and the pressures of the unrealistic beauty standards that society forces onto women both when they are young and when they are older.

Demi Moore, who is nominated for Best Actress at the 2025 Oscars, and Margaret Qualley, who plays a younger version of Moore's character in Coralie Fargeat's horror film 'The Substance,' each put their bodies on the line for the demanding shoot.

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Mashable Entertainment Editor, Kristy Puchko, goes in on what makes 'The Substance' truly special during the 2025 awards season.

In the coming-of-age film, "Now and Then," Moore played the older version of a young girl named Samantha, who together with her friends, played by Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Melanie Griffith, recall a memorable summer they shared in 1970.