The Norwegian comedy horror film, The Ugly Stepsister, had its world premiere in the Midnight Section of the 2025 Sundance ...

Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt on her reframing the Cinderella story as body horror about the bloody pursuit of beauty.

T he iconic fairy tale of Cinderella is getting a wild twist with the Sundance hit, The Ugly Stepsister. The movie hails from ...

The Ugly Stepsister,' a nightmarish fairytale reimagining, serves Sam Raimi-levels of mayhem with its critique of brutal ...

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The Ugly Stepsister’s torture-porn take on a classic fairy tale is told from a teenager’s point of view, but the grotesque ...

Of course we all know the tale of Cinderella, and by now we're probably familiar with the source material and how dark ...

The Ugly Stepsister” works best when it’s not just merely tweaking but thoroughly elaborating on its source material.

Increasingly the location that the festival employs when they want to show Sundance attendees something a bit off the beaten ...

Companies prey on insecurities, selling solutions to invented problems. When The Ugly Stepsister retreads these well-appreciated facts through visual gags or obvious dialogue, the effect can be dull.

"There's only one Cinderella, the rest of us are the ugly stepsister." By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Ugly Stepsister, Blichtfeldt’s debut feature — which premiered at Sundance ...