Grimm, but grimmer” is an easy elevator pitch for yet another reworking of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s classic folkloric ...
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.
Andy Tennant directed this Cinderella variant. The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame (Jeanne Moreau) who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder ...
It struck me that The Ugly Stepsister sticks to the 1812 Grimm Brothers tale, but that things haven’t evolved that much... I really wanted to turn that on its head – to not make Cinderella ...