‘Ugly Stepsister’ Director on How She Worked to “Get the Gore Right”
Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt on her reframing the Cinderella story as body horror about the bloody pursuit of beauty.
‘The Ugly Stepsister' Review: Scary Scandinavian Cinderella Story Puts the ‘Boo' in ‘Bibbidi Bobbidi'
Most fairy tales were told and retold countless times before Walt Disney ever got his hands on them, and yet, the sensibility ...
‘The Ugly Stepsister' Review: Stylish Norwegian Debut Takes ‘Cinderella' for a Body-Horror Spin
In The Ugly Stepsister, Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt recasts the story of these "ugly" young women as a horrifying ...
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What it takes to land a job as a character at one of Disney's theme parks
who auditioned 13 times before being cast as one of Cinderella's stepsisters at Disneyland. "But they wouldn't post any of that online, so you had no idea." Despite the vague listings, hundreds of ...
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Sundance Review: Cinderella Gets a Gruesome, Empathetic Body Horror Twist with The Ugly Stepsister
If the disheartening lack of creativity in Disney’s live-action remakes leaves one thinking these timeless stories have, in ...
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Sundance movie review: 'Ugly Stepsister' is gruesome twist on Cinderella
Still, such subtle homages to the Disney version of Cinderella incorporate those elements into a more realistic world. The Ugly Stepsister culminates with self-mutilation, as Elvira is desperate ...