Most fairy tales were told and retold countless times before Walt Disney ever got his hands on them, and yet, the sensibility behind such animated classics as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Sleeping Beauty” has proven so popular on such an international scale that few know these stories’ darker origins. The family-friendly studio’s more-wholesome-than-horrifying approach gives Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt plenty of room to…

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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Remixes Cinderella With Nauseating Body Horror for a Biting Commentary on Beauty Standards — Sundance

Director Emilie Blichfeldt breaks down her dreamy horror fable "The Ugly Stepsister," which is debuting at Sundance on Thursday.

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"The Ugly Stepsister" made a name for itself at Sundance.

«Den stygge stesøsteren» gjorde seg bemerket under Sundance.

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The audience vomited at the Norwegian "The Ugly Stepsister"

Cinderella was always a body-horror story. Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s ‘The Ugly Stepsister,’ which premiered tonight at Sundance, underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale.

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Cinderella Was Always a Body-Horror Story

Move over, Elphaba. A new villainess is coming to reclaim her narrative, and it's not pretty — but it is pretty awesome. With The Ugly Stepsister, writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt offers a gnarly new spin on a classic fairy tale, daring to pose the question: What if Cinderella was a bit of a bitch? By centering on the eldest of Cinderella's much-maligned stepsisters, this twisted fable explores how a patriarchal society pits women against each …

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'The Ugly Stepsister' review: What if 'Wicked' and 'The Substance' had a grubby baby?

A lot of children’s stories and fairy tales are getting the horror treatment these days – but fairy tale-inspired horror comedy that we’re hearing some very positive buzz about is director Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature debut The Ugly Stepsister. The movie is set to have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival today, and in anticipation of its first screening some new images have dropped online. You can check them out at the bottom of this…

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The Ugly Stepsister horror comedy unveils new images ahead of Sundance premiere

The Ugly Stepsister Review - A new reimagining of Cinderella, with a body horror twist.

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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review – Cinderella Gets Gory New Body Horror Retelling

'The Ugly Stepsister,' a nightmarish fairytale reimagining, serves Sam Raimi-levels of mayhem with its critique of brutal beauty standards.

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'The Ugly Stepsister' Suffers Body Horror for Beauty in Twisted Fairytale Retelling

It’s only day two at the Sundance Film Festival and we are already getting reports that one of their Midnight selections has made an audience member sick. While Rhys Frake-Waterfield is trying to make his own fairy tale world to varying degrees of success, Emilie Blichfeldt has taken her own horror interpretation of a children’s […]

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Sundance Already Seeing Audience Vomiting at One of Their Midnight Titles

Who Knew a Feminist Reimagining of Cinderella Could Be So Gory? Read more…

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Who Knew a Feminist Reimagining of Cinderella Could Be So Gory?

Emilie Blichfeldt’s body horror THE UGLY STEPSISTER had a wild premiere at Sundance last night, with the graphic scenes of surgery and tapeworms proving too much for one audience member and their sensitive stomach.

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Scary Scandinavian Cinderella Story Puts the ‘Boo’ in ‘Bibbidi Bobbidi’

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