There’s another Cinderella-inspired horror movie that’s been announced, and this one will focus on one of Cinderella’s stepsisters.
The movie is titled The Ugly Stepsister, and it’s being directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, who is making her directorial debut.
The movie will combine comedy and horror, and it’s described as “a daring and unexpected take on the world-famous tale, seen through the eyes of the Cinderella’s stepsister, Elvira.”
It’s explained: “The gory film follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister in a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business. She will go to any lengths to catch the prince’s eye.”
She added: “It’s time the ugly stepsister’s story is lifted from the shadows of Cinderella, and cultivated as the iconic feminist narrative of the tyranny of beauty that it is.”
Blichfeldt said in a statement: “With this ‘beauty horror’ I want to seduce the audience into a ‘girl-dreaming-of-marrying-the-prince-fairytale,’ before revealing its true and raw insides.”
The production company producing the film, Momento International, added: “It is highly contemporary in its exploration of what one is willing to do to meet society’s imposed beauty standards on women.”
They went on to say: “Emilie is finally giving a voice to the underdog in a very entertaining way, allowing audiences worldwide to connect with her.”
I’ve only ever seen the stepsisters in the Cinderella story as a couple of spoiled brats, so this will be a different and interesting take on this part of the story.
Lea Myren stars in the film alongside Thea Sofie Loch Naess and Ane Dahl Torp.
Source: Variety
