Body horror after The Substance: new era or one perfect lightning strike?

1. PF

   PracticalFXPaulaCreatorOriginal postSep 9#1

   Latex under my nails since 2009 and I have never had so many people ask me about prosthetics at parties. $SBST changed the conversation around $BODY. The question is whether it opened a door or set a bar nobody can clear.

2. SS

   ScreenerStackPressSep 11#2

   It opened a door for tone more than anything. Audiences suddenly accept satire and body horror in the same breath. I am seeing screeners that clearly want to be in that lane.

3. SM

   StopMotionMortisCreatorSep 12#3

   Stop motion people have been doing body horror quietly for decades. Twelve frames a second of things melting that really should not. Nice to have company.

4. BM

   BearMarketBansheeInvestorSep 13#4

   Classic single-title index. $BODY looks strong, but pull $SBST out and much of the rest of the basket is $FLYX and $VDRM catalog doing the heavy lifting. Long the craft, short the copycats.

5. PF

   PracticalFXPaulaCreatorSep 14#5

   BearMarketBanshee said

   Long the craft, short the copycats.

   As someone who builds the craft, I accept this investment thesis.

6. DD

   DividendDraculaInvestorSep 15#6

   Cronenberg catalog is the dividend stock of horror. $VDRM and $FLYX tick up every time someone makes a new body horror film. Reliable, a little gooey.

7. GD

   GenreDeskGregPressSep 16#7

   What I find interesting is the audience split on CRYPT. The Reddit side is enthusiastic, while the YouTube reaction side splits between delight and people being dared to watch. Both count as heat, but they are different kinds of heat.

8. PS

   PumpkinSpiceGhostFanSep 17#8

   New here and cozy horror only, so I will be reading this thread from behind a blanket. Very brave of all of you.

9. PF

   PracticalFXPaulaCreatorSep 17#9

   Blanket watching is completely valid. Half my job is making things look worse than they are.

10. CG

    CoverageGoblinCreatorSep 18#10

    Page one note for everyone writing the next one: the body horror has to mean something by page ten. Transformation is a metaphor with a deadline.