Cinderella herself is also afforded more agency ... I had to be more open and more curious about her after I found that moment." "The Ugly Stepsister" has its Sundance debut in the middle of ...

The Ugly Stepsister had its world premiere in January at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it was an instant hit among critics from all around the world. It has since performed well at other ...

The Ugly Stepsister horror movie is a twist on Cinderella's tale, focusing on one stepsister, Elvira. The Grimm version of Cinderella is more violent and graphic, without the fairy godmother.

A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, The Ugly Stepsister follows Elvira (Lea Myren) as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal ...

"What if Wicked and The Substance had a grubby baby?" This was the headline for my review of The Ugly Stepsister out of ...

The story line for this version of Cinderella is quite different from the sanitized version that the good folks at Disney ...

Euronews Culture sits down with Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt to talk about her savage and thought-provoking reframing of the Cinderella story, which wowed audiences in Sundance and Berlin.

The Cinderella story has been adapted for the screen hundreds of times, through a variety of genres. There have been sickly sweet adaptations, modern reversionings, horror heavy tales, and everything ...