Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt on her reframing the Cinderella story as body horror about the bloody pursuit of beauty. "There's only one Cinderella, the rest of us are the ugly stepsister.

The Ugly Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — has sold worldwide for Memento International. From director Emilie ...

“The Ugly Stepsister” isn’t for the weak-stomached ... In her attempt to add complexity to a well-known tale, Blichfeldt doesn’t entirely escape the trap of fairy tale good-bad objectivism.

The story of Cinderella has been passed down across the world for centuries, first through oral lore, then via various ...

Following in the bloody footsteps of Coralie Fargeat’s 'The Substance,' a new wave of female filmmakers is reinventing body ...

T he iconic fairy tale of Cinderella is getting a wild twist with the Sundance hit, The Ugly Stepsister. The movie hails from Norwegian writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt in her fe ...

“The Ugly ... Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — has sold worldwide for Memento International. From ...

Norwegian horror fable The Ugly Stepsister has debuted with a near ... the movie from first-time filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt earned a critics' rating of 96% from 28 reviews at the time of writing.