Sundance: Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms in a gory Grimm Brothers update about the body-horror extremes of the pursuit of beauty. It’s tough times out there ...

“It was in the development process of one of these films that I was having a creative nap, and suddenly this little piece of the Brothers Grimm version of ‘Cinderella‘ came to me. I just ...

Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt on her reframing the Cinderella story as body horror about the bloody pursuit of beauty. "There's only one Cinderella, the rest of us are the ugly stepsister.

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A twisted body horror take on the classic tale for how it explores the costs of beauty, The Ugly Stepsister is not afraid to dive into the unflinchingly gruesome while packing an impressive sense of ...

By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Everyone knows Cinderella’s story ... s appropriately gruesome experiments with body horror also underscore Elvira’s growing desperation to be beautiful.

We feel the sadness, too. Maybe once upon a time we were supposed to identify with Cinderella, but the truth is that we’re all ugly stepsisters at heart. But what makes this picture so ...

Everyone knows Cinderella’s story ... Blichfedlt’s appropriately gruesome experiments with body horror also underscore Elvira’s growing desperation to be beautiful. Myren’s performance ...

If you go to enough film festivals and seek out the horror offerings therein ... those who are familiar with the broad strokes of its Cinderella story, but delivers when it comes to the ...

Most fairy tales were told and retold countless times before Walt Disney ever got his hands on them, and yet, the sensibility ...