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

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ director Emilie Blichfeldt ... I also fucking adore those costumes! After the body horror, my favorite thing working on this film was getting into the costumes.

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

Director Emilie Blichfeldt skewers unfair female beauty standards in a horrific spin on the fairy tale, presented here from ...

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

If the disheartening lack of creativity in Disney’s live-action remakes leaves one thinking these timeless stories have, in ...

The Ugly Stepsister culminates with self-mutilation ... Production design and costumes effectively convey the Grimm era believably. This is a classy period piece that turns morbid, and it is ...

As comparisons go, “The Ugly Stepsister” boasts the same mix of ... Blichfeldt and her team put as much care into the wigs, costumes and gorgeous production design as they do the gross-out ...