FROM FRIDAY
Shell
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PREMIERE
HORROR On a similar vibe to the more demented, outlandish The Substance, Shell sees once popular actress, now frumpy, psoriasis suffering Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) convinced to take a treatment at Kate Hudson’s gleaming facility. With promises to cure her skin as well as halt the ageing process, the crustacean-based ‘cure’ seems too good to be true. And, of course, it is… Moss and Hudson are fabulous in this horror made like a cheesy TV movie jacked up on hallucinogens, both able to turn whatever ridiculousness is thrown at them by the script to their advantage, as the truth of the ‘procedure’ turns both daft and icky in equal measure. An enjoyable, if eye-rolling, satirical bloodbath. Dir: Max Minghella 2024, 15, 100min
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