W ritten and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, The Ugly Stepsister is a subversive body horror that twists the familiar tale of Cinderella and gives us a psychological beauty-is-pain ...
After the body horror, my favorite thing working on ... In the middle of the film, a character tells Elvira that “it’s the inside that matters” but that she’s brave because “you ...
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Set in a fantastical alternate 1900s, The Ugly Stepsister shifts the spotlight to the familiar secondary character of Elvira—but at ... punishing rounds of body horror to alter her appearance.
The Ugly Stepsister” works best when it’s not just merely tweaking but thoroughly elaborating on its source material.
“Body horror is so much about the audience ... and points back to the contrast between the two characters,” Blichfeldt says. “Elvira is at this very pure place, and she does not know ...
Sundance: Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms in a gory Grimm Brothers update about the body-horror extremes of the pursuit of beauty.