Memento International has boarded “The Ugly Stepsister,” the ambitious feature debut of Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt. The company will kick off sales at this year’s Cannes. Combining comedy ...

If you go to enough film festivals and seek out the horror offerings therein, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll come across some rather extreme new visions. Far from the more mainstream gruesome but ...

Who doesn’t love a new twist on an old tale? Well, if you’ve got a soft stomach, prepare yourself for “The Ugly Stepsister,” a twisted tale indeed, that reimagines the Cinderella story as a ...

It's an ongoing trend to make horror movies out of stories that previously received the Disney treatment. While most in this space primarily serve as shock horror, playing on the nostalgia you feel ...

Everyone knows Cinderella’s story: A young woman, indentured to a cruel stepmother, gets blessed by magical forces. With the help of a fairy, some woodland creatures and a transformed pumpkin, ...

Disney took a major leap of faith with its decision to reimagine the classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But so far, so long, all Snow White has seen is never-ending upset updates. Despite ...

On paper, according to the Brothers Grimm, Cinderella was a long-suffering girl who was terrorized by her beautiful stepsisters and stepmother, and her eventual marriage to the prince is a welcome ...

Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms in a gory Grimm Brothers update about the body-horror extremes of the pursuit of beauty. It’s tough times out there for a feminist ...

The premise of the film is deceptively simple. Cinderella’s ugly stepsister, Elvira (Lea Myren), is in love with the prince and will do anything to have him. She decides, at the urging of her mother ...