Film Review: 'The Cure' Explores Eat-the-Rich Horror with Life-Extension Twist

The Cure review – eat-the-rich horror fable with a sinister life-extension twist

A fabulously wealthy teen girl with lupus makes a new friend who pulls her out of plush isolation and toward some dark discoveries It’s been a long, slow slog but after years of market research and audience studies, as well as the success of films like The Substance, those who bankroll horror movies have finally accepted an incontrovertible fact: that women consume the genre not just because they’re along for the ride, but as a primary audience who want to see their own fears and anxieties at...

By Leslie Felperin