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7.0 IMDb

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In a kingdom where beauty determines a woman's future, Elvira dreams of escaping her ordinary life by marrying Prince Julian. However, her beautiful stepsister Agnes becomes her biggest rival for the prince's attention. Under the influence of her ambitious mother, Rebekka, Elvira begins undergoing increasingly disturbing beauty treatments to transform her appearance. As the royal ball approaches, her desire for acceptance turns into a horrifying obsession, exposing the cruelty behind society's definition of perfection. Featuring unsettling body horror, dark humour, and a twisted Cinderella narrative, The Ugly Stepsister explores how jealousy, class pressure, and unrealistic beauty ideals can destroy a person's sense of identity.

Comedy Horror Psychological Satire

Release Date: March 7, 2025
Director: Emilie Blichfeldt
Genre: horror, psychological , comedy, satire
Duration: 109 minutes (1 hour 49 minutes)
Language: English
Starring: Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Agnes
Box Office: Approximately $5.64 million
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV , Hulu

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The Ugly Stepsister is inspired by the Brothers Grimm’s original Cinderella fairy tale, which includes the disturbing detail of the stepsisters cutting their feet to fit into the glass slipper. Director Emilie Blichfeldt reimagines the story from Elvira’s perspective, exploring jealousy, insecurity, and society’s obsession with beauty. The film combines graphic body horror with dark humour, using disturbing beauty treatments to show the painful lengths people may go to for acceptance. Its 19th-century-inspired costumes and unsettling visuals create a dark fairy-tale atmosphere that distinguishes it from traditional Cinderella adaptations.

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The film draws on the broader Cinderella tradition rather than simply retelling the familiar Disney version. In the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, the stepsisters mutilate their feet to try to fit into the slipper, and birds expose their deception.