Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt on her reframing the Cinderella story as body horror about the bloody pursuit of beauty.

Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale.

The Norwegian film "The Ugly Stepsister," which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, ramps up the darkness of ...

Emilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister twists Cinderella into a bloody horror story about the pain and despair of trying to ...

Of course we all know the tale of Cinderella, and by now we're probably familiar with the source material and how dark ...

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

Review: Emilie Blichfeldt's feminist body horror fairytale 'The Ugly Stepsister' isn't more than skin deep, but it's ...

The Ugly Stepsister takes viewers to an enchanted kingdom in which impossible standards of female beauty lead to graphic ...

Emilie Blichfeldt's feature debut "The Ugly Stepsister" is a grim and gruesome affair not for the faint of heart ...

I’ve taken the liberty to combine different versions of Cinderella. The Brothers Grimm one describes the sisters as beautiful on the outside and ugly on the inside, which I still think is very ...

Agnes is the story's Cinderella, intruding on the ball with ... Streaming service Shudder will release The Ugly Sister later this year. Fred Topel, who attended film school at Ithaca College ...