Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister is a skin-crawlingly grotesque and tragically poignant debut that reimagines the ...

The latest horror adaptation of a Disney classic is one of the year's most harrowing movie experiences, and it's now a ...

Emilie Blichfeldt's sublime body horror film is a gnarly reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale - a rebuke to the more ...

This feminist body horror drips with gothic style and grotesque beauty as it follows the tormented journey Elvira, one of ...

The Ugly Stepsister also premiered in Norway a month before reaching North American audiences. All to say, for an independent horror movie, The Ugly Stepsister actually had a decent theatrical run.

The Ugly Stepsister highlights the incredibly strong connection between fairy tales and the horror genre. They share narrative elements like magic, far-away settings, and recognizable archetypes ...

The Ugly Stepsister is described as a "timely examination of body image and beauty standards" as Elvira prepares to win the prince's affection "at any cost". "In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal ...

Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or with her transgressive body horror Titane but the only thing tortured in Alpha is its AIDS ...

Opus – whether you consider it a ‘true’ horror or not – was a subversive blend of artistry and gore. But the best hidden gem ...

Elvira breaks bones, starves herself with a tapeworm pill, and mutilates her body, evoking both sympathy and horror as her self-destruction appears inevitable. The Ugly Stepsister centers the female ...