In the most visceral, terrifying terms, The Ugly Stepsister embodies the adage “beauty is pain.” Emilie Blichfeldt retells ...

"The Ugly Stepsister" is "an ingenious revisionist body-horror version of Cinderella" that unfolds from the perspective of ...

Thirteen cast members have been hard at work rehearsing for the classic Cinderella and her Ugly Sisters, by Ben Crocker. Directed by repertory former president Nigel Edwards and Peter Thwaites ...

That was important for me, to show people why the “ugly stepsister,” who becomes the “wicked stepsister” more and more, does these selfish things. And with Agnes/Cinderella, I thought ...

“The Ugly Stepsister,” written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, takes its cue from “Cinderella,” but this inspired body horror comedy is no Disney film. This fairy tale is both Grimm and ...

The 2025 film boasts an impressive 95 per cent critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes at time of writing, with an audience score ...

The Ugly Stepsister is a clever and ... She is shown to be a violent person who beats up her sister and even chops off her own toes to fit into Cinderella's lost slippers. The movie focuses ...

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 ...

"The Ugly Stepsister" is "an ingenious revisionist body-horror version of Cinderella" that unfolds from the perspective of the fairy-tale's antagonist, said Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian.

The retelling in THE UGLY STEPSISTER puts a darkly comic twist ... cynical wild-child who ultimately acts to rescue her sister. This horror-tale re-imagining of the classic Cinderella is clever, ...