The Ugly Stepsister comes to US cinemas on April 18 and hits UK theatres a week later on April 25. It holds a whopping 98% ...

“[I]t’s time the ugly stepsister’s story is lifted from the shadows of Cinderella, and cultivated as the iconic feminist narrative of the tyranny of beauty that it is.” This isn't the ...

Euronews Culture sits down with Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt to talk about her savage and thought-provoking reframing of the Cinderella story, which wowed audiences in Sundance and Berlin.

A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, The Ugly Stepsister follows Elvira (Lea Myren) as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal ...

The Ugly Stepsister had its world premiere in January at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it was an instant hit among critics from all around the world. It has since performed well at other ...

Euronews Culture sits down with Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt to talk about her savage and thought-provoking reframing of the Cinderella story, which wowed audiences in Sundance and Berlin.

IFC Films and Shudder has released the trailer for The Ugly Stepsister, a film billed as a twist on the Cinderella story set for screens soon. The fairy tale horror comes to cinemas from writer ...

The first trailer for body horror movie The Ugly Stepsister is here, featuring blood, gore, and cosmetic surgery in a nasty new take on Cinderella. Written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker ...

The Cinderella story has been adapted for the screen hundreds of times, through a variety of genres. There have been sickly sweet adaptations, modern reversionings, horror heavy tales, and everything ...

Writer and director Emilie Blichfeldt's gross-out masterpiece "The Ugly Stepsister" jumps off the premise: "What if the story of Cinderella was really really gross?" In her director's note for the ...