Emilie Blichfeldt’s body horror debut critiques societal beauty standards, flipping the fairy tale point of view.

Director Emilie Blichfeldt chats about the hideousness of beauty, and body horror of her disturbing Cinderella variant, The Ugly Stepsister.

Lea Myren as Elvira and Thea Sofie Loch Naess as Agnes, in THE UGLY STEPSISTER. Courtesy of IFC Films In a dark, twisted re-telling of Cinderella, Norwegian director Blichfeldt’s satiric THE ...

In “ The Ugly Stepsister ,” an impressively gruesome feature debut from Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt (now in ...

We spoke with 'The Ugly Stepsister' director Emilie Blichfeldt about growing up with size 11 feet and the power of the ...

Many women subconsciously fear independence, a phenomenon called the Cinderella Complex, deeply shaped by society and ...

This deliciously nasty reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale imagines how far one of the stepsisters would go to marry her prince ... folk horror forces us to look — in unsparing, often ...

The story of Cinderella has been passed down across the world for centuries, first through oral lore, then via various literary versions and film adaptations. What all these variants have in common is ...

L ike a lot of fairy-tale princesses, Cinderella is best known for the classic animated feature from Walt Disney. The 1950 ...

A review of The Ugly Stepsister, a dark fairy tale directed by Emile Blichfeldt, in theatres starting Friday,.

The upcoming Norwegian horror film titled The Ugly Stepsister is set to be released in theaters on April 18, 2025, in the United States of America.

That story, “Prince and Knight,” is one of five children's books featuring LGBTQ characters and aimed at kindergarten through the fifth grade that have roiled a diverse suburban Maryland school ...