Demi Moore Embraces ‘Overlooked’ Horror Films While Accepting Best Actress at Critics’ Choice: They’re ‘Not Recognized for the Profundity They Can Hold’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Demi Moore is inching closer to winning an Oscar after picking up best actress honors at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards for her performance in “The Substance.” Moore won the prize over fellow nominees Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”) Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Mikey Madison (“Anora”). “This is so far beyond anything I could have hoped for.

I just want to say, the very recognition — not just for me, but for what this film is about, what it’s trying to convey — your acknowledgment is almost like the elixir.

It is the healing balm to the very issue the film brings forward,” Moore said on stage. “I am so grateful, not just for my performance, but that you have highlighted this film, this genre.

Normally, horror films are overlooked and not seen for the profundity that they can hold.” Moore has emerged as an Oscar frontrunner for “The Substance.” She stars as Elizabeth Sparkle, a once-popular actor and TV fitness icon who decides to inject herself with an experimental serum in order to prevent her star from further fading.