Eyes Without a Face & The Substance (Beauty in Extremis Double-Feature) - Art of Terror 2025

Eyes Without a Face/ France/ 1960/ Dir: George Franju/ 90 Min/ Current Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%

At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here—of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty—that once seen are never forgotten.

The Substance/ USA & France/ 2024/ Dir: Coralie Fargeat/ Current Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%

Fading actress Elisabeth Sparkle becomes distressed when her chauvinistic boss fires her from her aerobics show. She soon injects herself with a mysterious serum that promises a younger, better version of herself, but things go horribly wrong. With sharp wit and cathartic intensity, Coralie Fargeat turns toxic beauty culture inside out in her Oscar-winning latest feature. Powered by a career-best performance from Demi Moore, The Substance fearlessly bulldozes its way into the midnight-movie pantheon and the feminist canon.

You may also like the following events from The Broadway Theatre:

• This Thursday, 9th October, 09:00 pm, The Babadook - A Broadway Joint screening brought to you by Prairie Records! in Saskatoon
• This Friday, 10th October, 08:00 pm, Celeigh Cardinal with The North Sound in Saskatoon
• This Saturday, 11th October, 08:00 pm, The Radiant presents No Reservations in Saskatoon

Also check out other Arts events in Saskatoon, Theatre events in Saskatoon, Entertainment events in Saskatoon.