'The Ugly Stepsister' - Cinderella Inspired Body Horror Releasing This Month

The Ugly Stepsister is a Norwegian horror comedy film.

The Ugly Stepsister is the directorial debut of Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt, who also wrote the script, and was previously known as Cinderella's Stepsister.

Synopsis

Elvira dreams of the weak-kneed virgin, Prince Julian, and is willing to go to great lengths to conform to the kingdom's ideals of beauty. A surprising and raw twist on the fairy tale `Cinderella', seen from her stepsister's point of view.

About The Film

Director Emilie Blichfeldt had this to say about the film:

I immediately identified with the stepsister after rediscovering the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella in which the stepsister cuts off her toes to make the shoe fit. With this ‘beauty horror’ I want to seduce the audience into a 'girl-dreaming-of-marrying-the-prince-fairytale', before revealing its true and raw insides.
It’s time the ugly stepsister’s story is lifted from the shadows of Cinderella, and cultivated as the iconic feminist narrative of the tyranny of beauty that it is.

Trailer

Director and Cast

The film is directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, and the cast includes Ane Dahl Torp, Thea Sofie Loch Naess, Lea Myren, Isac Calmroth, Flo Fagerli, Adam Lundgren