Film • Mar 7, 2025
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.
The Ugly Stepsister
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- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 7, 2025 (a year ago)
- Alias
- Den stygge stesøsteren
- Language
- Norwegian
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Origin
- Denmark, Norway, Poland
- Genres
- Slasher, Body Horror, Dark Comedy, Psychological horror
- Scores
- Themes
- Companies
- Lava Films, Mer Film, MOTOR, Scanbox Entertainment Production, Zentropa International Sweden
Cast
Lea Mathilde Skar-MyrenElvira
Ane Dahl TorpRebekka
Thea Sofie Loch NæssAgnes
Flo FagerliAlma
Isac CalmrothPrince Julian
Malte GårdingerIsak
Ralph CarlssonOtto
Cecilia ForssSophie von Kronenberg
Katarzyna HermanMadam Vanja
Adam LundgrenDr. Esthétique
Willy Ramnek PetriFrederik von Bluckfish
Kyrre HellumJan
Isac AspbergFinsmakeren
Albin WeidenbladhAlteteren
Oksana CzerkasynaKokk
Richard ForsgrenHovmester
Paweł JanystBankmann
Agnieszka ŻulewskaAgnes's Mother
Piotr CzarneckiGrensevankt
Staffan KolhammarBudbringer
Philip LenkowskyBaron Von Bluckfish
Reviews
AV ClubBold takes on Frankenstein and Cinderella open Sundance, while Juliette Lewis body-swaps with a chair
Collider'The Ugly Stepsister' Review: A Grim and Grotesque Cinderella Horror Story Reminds Us That Beauty Is Pain
The Irish TimesThe Ugly Stepsister: This Cinderella story is gruesome, hilarious and definitely not for children
Paste MagazineEmilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister Is the Most Disgusting Fairy Tale Ever Told
ScreenRantThe Ugly Stepsister Review: I Didn't Throw Up Watching This Gruesome Body Horror, But I Understand Why Someone Did
Jordan RaupThe Ugly Stepsister Review: Cinderella Gets a Gruesome, Empathetic Body Horror Twist
Peter Debruge‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Scary Scandinavian Cinderella Story Puts the ‘Boo’ in ‘Bibbidi Bobbidi’
Bilge EbiriCinderella Was Always a Body-Horror Story
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