'The Ugly Stepsister' trailer has big 'The Substance' vibes

Stomach-churning new horror movie that had audience THROWING UP reveals trailer

A TERRIFYING horror movie which had its premiere audience throwing up in the aisles has revealed its first trailer. The Ugly Stepsister debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. BFA / ShudderHorror movie The Ugly Stepsister has revealed its first trailer[/caption] BFA / ShudderThe movie has frightening elements including a 19th century surgical transformation[/caption] Marcel Zyskind/ ShudderIt is a dark reimagining of the Cinderell…

'The Ugly Stepsister' trailer has big 'The Substance' vibes

"What if Wicked and The Substance had a grubby baby?" This was the headline for my review of The Ugly Stepsister out of Sundance 2025, as I cheered this twisted fairytale full of violent beauty treatments and body horror. SEE ALSO: How 'The Substance' broke the Oscars mold Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, The Ugly Stepsister re-imagines the tale of Cinderella from the perspective of one of her maligned siblings. Elvira (Lea Myren) wants only to …

The Ugly Stepsister Trailer Turns Cinderella Into Bloody Body Horror Movie

The trailer for the 2025 fairy tale-turned body horror movie The Ugly Stepsister hit the internet on Monday, promising to change the way you look at Cinderella forever. The 2-minute preview gives you a solid summary of the plot and a great first look at all the violence and gore in the movie, along with ominous hints of something else. It does all this without dialogue, as the movie a European co-production from Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Denma…

The Ugly Stepsister: A Grotesque Cinderella Horror Retelling

The Ugly Stepsister takes fairy tales to a whole new level of horror. This film is set to redefine horror reimaginings of classic stories.  This Norwegian horror film offers a disturbing reimagining of Cinderella, exploring the nightmarish extremes of 19th-century beauty standards. With no anesthesia and questionable results, plastic surgery in this era was truly horrifying, and this film does not shy away from its gruesome reality. Last year, w…

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Trailer Warps Cinderella into a Gruesome Body Horror Nightmare

The classic Cinderella fairy tale has been twisted into something far more disturbing in the upcoming horror film The Ugly Stepsister, and the first trailer proves it’s not for the faint of heart. Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, this dark reimagining follows Elvira (Lea Myren), a young woman obsessed with transforming herself to compete with her beautiful […]

"Savagely brutal" near-perfect new horror movie gets excellent first trailer

New horror movie The Ugly Stepsister has landed an excellent first trailer.