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There's been some pushback on social media over Weapons, The Substance, X, and other recent horror movies that portray older woman as scary monsters.

polygon.comIs Weapons a "hagsploitation" movie, and is it doing the trope wrong?There's been some pushback on social media over Weapons, The Substance, X, and other recent horror movies that portray older woman as scary monsters.

14/8/25, 5:00 pm1 repost8 likes

Alex Hutchinson

@bangbangclick.bsky.social

Very Karen like critique.

@rusted3572.bsky.social

Feels like a misreading of The Substance.

@killingarts.bsky.social

Totally.

@philw08.bsky.social

Weren’t old men ‘scary monsters’ for years though…? Nobody said a thing