Episode 20: Seconds (1966) & The Substance (2024)

Welcome to episode 20 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.This week we are exploring the horrors of ageing and identity with two movies that take the viewer on a disorienting journey into the price of reinvention and rejuvenationFirst up we have Seconds from 1966 and director John Frankenheimer, featuring a career best performance from former matinee idol Rock Hudson alongside Salome Jen and Will Geer. Then we bring ourselves bang up to date – nearly - with the Substance from 2024 and director Coralie Fargeat, featuring a career best performance from Demi Moore alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.ReferencesSecondsSeconds by Jez Conolly and Emma WestwoodThe directors commentary on the Masters of Cinema blu ray releasehttps://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/22848?https://theasc.com/magazine/nov97/seconds/pg1.htmhttps://theasc.com/articles/aces-of-the-camera-james-wong-howe-asc?https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/a-second-life-for-em-seconds-em-the-1966-cult-classic-that-made-audiences-sick/278930/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frankenheimerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Hudsonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconds_(1966_film)https://youtu.be/FV2LuK8wVsg?si=z-IZcYN5eF6ZB0h4https://youtu.be/UjT-db11ZwM?si=W9L12SzTFjBuSDrZThe Substancehttps://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/coralie-fargeat/https://www.screendaily.com/features/coralie-fargeat-on-making-the-substance-her-own-way-everything-had-to-be-in-excess/5199519.articlehttps://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/coralie-fargeat-feminist-body-horror-the-substance-1235048769/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/14/we-can-be-violent-to-ourselves-brutal-demi-moore-on-body-image-reinvention-and-her-most-shocking-role-yethttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/demi-moore-on-the-substance-and-resisting-a-toxic-beauty-culture/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substancehttps://youtu.be/8H64HNvXrqU?si=tJyXTPL6niEzfnZMhttps://youtu.be/UMicrbtjFKU?si=vAM0EnUtOI-qMsSRhttps://youtu.be/BKcMm5RG2M4?si=fn0a134K_Vz5lCBihttps://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-substance-shot-list-coralie-fargeat-awards-insiderhttps://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a62297701/the-substance-coralie-fargeat-interview/Instagram: @thehorrordoublebillemail: [email protected]: @thehorrordoublebillartwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)