5 days ago · 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."

The Ugly Stepsister (Norwegian: Den stygge stesøsteren) is a 2025 comedy horror film co-written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt in her directorial debut. The film, starring Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, and Flo Fagerli, making use of the motif of the fairy tale Cinderella, retells a twisted story of Elvira who competes against her beautiful stepsister in a bloody battle ...

6 days ago · Emilie Blichfeldt undoubtedly paints with a clear feminist brush when it comes to The Ugly Stepsister.At every point, we're shown the structures and trappings of the patriarchy put in place to ...

6 days ago · In The Ugly Stepsister, Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt recasts the story of these “ugly” young women as a horrifying quest for beauty. Recall, in the Brothers Grimm story, how one of the ...

6 days ago · The family-friendly studio’s more-wholesome-than-horrifying approach gives Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt plenty of room to push back with “The Ugly Stepsister,” a deliciously ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Review: Emilie Blichfeldt's feminist body horror fairytale 'The Ugly Stepsister' isn't more than skin deep, but it's squeamish enough that way.

6 days ago · At Sundance this year, it is writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature debut “The Ugly Stepsister,” which is like if Fargeat’s film got smashed together with Cinderella, a bit of Yorgos ...

The Ugly Stepsister: Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt. With Lea Myren, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger. Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme.

Jan 24, 2025 · Cinderella was always a body-horror story. Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s ‘The Ugly Stepsister,’ which premiered tonight at Sundance, underlines the base grotesquerie of the original ...

Apr 29, 2024 · Memento International has boarded “The Ugly Stepsister,” the ambitious feature debut of Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt. The company will kick off sales at this year’s Cannes....