‘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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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Remixes Cinderella With Nauseating Body Horror for a Biting Commentary on Beauty Standards — Sundance
Beyond historically accurate medical procedures and story elements that never made it into Disney’s cheery 1950 “Cinderella” (which, of course, doesn’t include the stepsisters mutilating ...
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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 ...