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 ...

The Ugly Stepsister is a psychological horror that reimagines Cinderella and has been praised for its satirical take on ...

Hannah Stewart reviews Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt's debut work, a feminist body horror film inspired by a classic ...

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 Ugly Stepsister is a new horror movie that takes a dark and twisted look at the fairytale of Cinderella, and Amazon Prime ...

The Ugly Stepsister, a new horror movie that was released earlier this year, has been terrifying viewers with its dark themes ...

Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms in a gory Grimm Brothers update about the body-horror extremes of the pursuit of beauty. It’s tough times out there for a ...

“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 ...

It’s the obvious approach given the title of the story, but Emilie Blichfeldt approaches the tale from a new angle in her directorial debut, The Ugly Stepsister. Rather than retread familiar ...

The film is written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, making it her directorial debut. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025. The story follows Elvira, who competes ...

The Ugly Stepsister is a Norwegian body horror film, written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt in her directorial debut. It stars Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, and Flo Fagerl.

From filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt, the film follows Elvira (Lea Myren), a young woman determined to make herself beautiful enough to win the prince’s hand, no matter the bloody, bone-crunching ...