Looksmaxxing: The film giving male beauty hacks the body horror treatment

Actor Sunny Suljic and director Elan Alexander discuss their inspirations, uncanny SFX, and trying to understand what makes influencers like Clavicular tick

Looksmaxxing: The film giving male beauty hacks the body horror treatment
BTS from Looksmaxxing (2026) starring Sunny Suljic

It’s tempting to frame Looksmaxxing (2026) as the male answer to 2024’s feminist body horror The Substance. Following a “dopamine-depleted young man” named Niles, played by actor and skateboarder read more raquo;

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