The Ugly Stepsister

Film • 2025 • 1h 49m

The Ugly Stepsister

The Ugly Stepsister

Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amidst a ruthless competition for physical perfection.

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Status: Released
Release: March 7, 2025 (1 year ago)
Runtime: 1h 49m
Rating: NR
Language: Norwegian
Origins: Denmark Norway Poland
AKA: Den stygge stesøsteren
Tags: baffled based on fairy tale beauty standards body horror cinderella story comedy drama exuberant forceful independent film psychological horror satire slasher horror stepmother stepdaughter relationship
Companies: Lava Films, Mer Film, MOTOR, Scanbox Entertainment Production, Zentropa International Sweden

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The Ugly Stepsister is an audaciously gross reimagining of a tale old as time, but one that cleverly inverts perspective and expectation.
The Ugly Stepsister Review: I Didn't Throw Up Watching This Gruesome Body Horror, But I Understand Why Someone Did
A must-watch body horror.
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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Scary Scandinavian Cinderella Story Puts the ‘Boo’ in ‘Bibbidi Bobbidi’
Director Emilie Blichfeldt skewers unfair female beauty standards in a horrific spin on the fairy tale, presented here from the rival's perspective.
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Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale.

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