The Ugly Sister / Norway / 2025 / Dir: Emilie Blichfeldt / 110 Min
In a twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, THE UGLY STEPSISTER follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the Prince’s eye. THE UGLY STEPSISTER is the gory tale of the blood and sweat, grit and gold that goes into making the new stepsister the belle of the ball.
From Sundance to Saskatoon, we are starting this year’s festival off with a bang—THE UGLY STEPSISTER is going to be make everyone’s top horror movie lists for 2025. This ingenious reworking of the classic fairytale is sincere, gruesome and thought provoking all at the same time. This is one film you’ll want to see with an audience, and we’re thrilled to be presenting it at the Dark Bridges Film Festival. Stop by the merch table after the show so we can discuss “was Cinderella always a body-horror story?”
“A smart, bold, and visually rich work that both enchants and challenges.” Linda Marric, THE SUN (UK)
“Revels in so much twisted body horror and psychological torment that even the Brothers Grimm would cringe with disgust.” Jack Martin, Film Feeder
“A clever, wickedly funny, and nasty reinvention of the Cinderella myth, Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature debut is a stomach-churning spectacle and a scathing feminist satire that weaponizes the grotesque to critique the systems that prey on women.” Stephanie Malone, Morbidly Beautiful
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