Emilie Blichfeldt’s body horror debut critiques societal beauty standards, flipping the fairy tale point of view.

Director Emilie Blichfeldt chats about the hideousness of beauty, and body horror of her disturbing Cinderella variant, The Ugly Stepsister.

In “ The Ugly Stepsister ,” an impressively gruesome feature debut from Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt (now in theaters), the titular character is Elvira (Lea Myren), the eldest child of ...

Blichfieldt's "burn it all down" approach creates turbulence and upset while walking over very well-trod ground.

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