The dark and brutal body-horror of The Ugly Stepsister draws from the long relationship between fairy tales and the horror ...

In the most visceral, terrifying terms, The Ugly Stepsister embodies the adage “beauty is pain.” Emilie Blichfeldt retells ...

Emilie Blichfeldt: I grew up on a small picture book, a very simplified version of the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella. There was an image of one of the stepsisters on the prince’s horse ...

And the latest entry into this brutally necessary subgenre is writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature film debut The Ugly Stepsister. Even though it’s set in the past, Blichfeldt’s ...

The Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt roasts conventional heroines and female beauty standards in this gruesome, hilarious reworking of Cinderella. Elvira (Lea Myren) is a poignantly ...

“The Ugly Stepsister,” written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, takes its cue from “Cinderella,” but this inspired body horror comedy is no Disney film. This fairy tale is both Grimm and ...

The incredibly likable remake of the Ang Lee flick of the same name reshapes its story for a new generation. Kelly Marie Tran ...

The Ugly Stepsister, a feminist “beauty horror” film from Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt that both shocked and delighted audiences at its Sundance premiere earlier this year, takes inspiration ...

The Ugly Stepsister makes the Cinderella story brand new again with its commitment to depraved yet incredibly thoughtful ...

She also credited writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt with advising her on how to portray a person freezing up in pain. Blichfeldt said she has experienced similar pain when she dislocated her knees.

Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, famous for Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, has announced she ...