Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The Grimm Brothers’ original Cinderella story had the stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit into her slipper…but Blichfeldt goes much further here, Elvira undergoing ghastly procedures you might be horrified to learn are based in historical fact
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: A feel-bad fable that elicits guilty laughs and uncomfortable squirming in about equal measure.
- Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Blichfeldt lays [the] patriarchal misogyny [of fairy tales] bare. Because that’s the true motivation behind such storybook romance: the desire to satisfy a man for survival in hopes he might satisfy you too.
- C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: The Ugly Stepsister—an adaptation of Cinderella, more specifically the version known as Ashputtle recorded by the Brothers Grimm—deals with competition between women and the effects of internalised misogyny, both due to patriarchal control. Blichfeldt tells a folktale in a brutally real fashion to illustrate the physical toll that beauty standards have on female bodies.
- Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Everything about this Norwegian production is extreme, masterfully executed, thought-provoking, and well-told.
- Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
- Excerpt: Emilie Blichfeldt inverts the classic tale of Cinderella for Shudder with The Ugly Stepsister.
- Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: “A body horror version of Cinderella” might not sound great at first, but trust me when I tell you that director Emilie Blichfeldt has managed to make something very interesting (and visceral, and disturbing) with that premise.
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