Going into the 2025 Academy Awards, Demi Moore had become a favorite for the Best Actress category. The 62-year-old’s portrayal of an aging, insecure actress deemed past her prime who took a black-market drug to try to become a “younger,

It’s common knowledge that the Academy isn’t in the habit of awarding horror movies. This fact alone should serve as explanation for Demi Moore’s lack of a Best Actress Oscar for The Substance at the 97th Academy Awards.