The Ugly Stepsister Review: Disfiguring Beauty via Bold Body Horror

Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister is a skin-crawlingly grotesque and tragically poignant debut that reimagines the classic Cinderella fairy tale as a bloody parable of femininity, envy, and the violent pursuit of idealized beauty. Steeped in the textures of Scandinavian gothic and filtered through the lens of modern body horror, the film turns the idea ... The post The Ugly Stepsister Review: Disfiguring Beauty via Bold Body Horror appeared first on The Movie Blog.

May 31, 2025 - 07:05
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The Ugly Stepsister Review: Disfiguring Beauty via Bold Body Horror

Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister is a skin-crawlingly grotesque and tragically poignant debut that reimagines the classic Cinderella fairy tale as a bloody parable of femininity, envy, and the violent pursuit of idealized beauty. Steeped in the textures of Scandinavian gothic and filtered through the lens of modern body horror, the film turns the idea ...

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