The Norwegian filmmaker approached the classic Cinderella story with a body-horror twist, following young Elvira (Lea Myren) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taking equal parts inspiration from the Brothers Grimm — whose version of Cinderella includes the stepsisters mutilating their ...

PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 24 (UPI) --The Ugly Stepsister, which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, embraces the darkness of the original Cinderella fairy tale. The Norwegian film ramps up ...

Modern audiences associate fairy tales with whimsy, charm, and the idea of living happily ever after. However, the sanitized versions that have been closely tied with popular culture are a far cry ...

It all started with Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt envisioning a bloody shoe. “I’ve been working on female characters that are struggling with their bodies through my short films,” she says.

“The Ugly Stepsister” is the newest Cinderella adaptation that takes a body horror twist on the classic story. While the film successfully reworked the original, the filmmaker, Emilie Blichfeldt, ...

It's an ongoing trend to make horror movies out of stories that previously received the Disney treatment. While most in this space primarily serve as shock horror, playing on the nostalgia you feel ...

Emilie Blichfeldt's take on Cinderella, The Ugly Stepsister, just landed on Hulu, and it is truly a sight to behold. While I was prepared for the Norwegian film's gory adherence to the Brothers Grimm ...

Memento International has boarded “The Ugly Stepsister,” the ambitious feature debut of Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt. The company will kick off sales at this year’s Cannes. Combining comedy ...

As you can see in the trailer above, Elvira’s quest for perfection takes her well past rudimentary cosmetic surgery into something darker, with no voice of reason to talk her down. The stepmother, ...