"THE UGLY STEPSISTER" (2025) Is "BRIDGERTON" Meets Nordic Body-Horror (TRAILER)

After Coralie Fargeat dialed up body horror extremity to eleven with her phenomenal breakout hit, “The Substance,” we’ve been jonesing for our next hit of soft tissue mayhem. It seems our wait is over when Emilie Blichfeldt’s “The Ugly Stepsister” hits theaters on Friday, April 18th. A brutal reinterpretation of Charles Perrault's Cinderella, this film looks closer in tone to the original, shockingly sinister fairytales of yesteryear. We are all for it. Already gathering incredible reviews and word of mouth throughout the film and horror communities, “The Ugly Stepsister” needs to be at the top of your “Must See” list for 2025. Check out the trailer below for a taste of the delightfully horrid happening to come!

From The Press Release

"A stylish, graphic fairytale riff," ScreenDaily

"One of the best horror films of the decade so far." Autostraddle

"...savagely brutal and yet strangely beautiful" Mashable

"The body horror Cinderella you never knew you wanted!" JoBlo

Tuesday 25th March, London, UK: Vertigo Releasing, in association with Shudder and IFC Films, has confirmed the UK and US release date of the stomach-churning Norwegian body-horror The Ugly Stepsister.

The film will be hitting US cinemas on 18th April and UK cinemas on 25th April.

Written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt (feature-length directorial debut), The Ugly Stepsister introduces Lea Myren and also stars Thea Sofie Loch Næss (The Last Kingdom) and Ane Dahl Torp (The Wave).

Classic fairy tales are known to be far more sinister than their more well-known animated interpretations, and Emilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister certainly promises to swing the pendulum back towards the grisly. A homage to Charles Perrault's Cinderella, The Ugly Stepsister is a dark and gruesome adaptation of the classic story where you truly find out exactly how much pain beauty is.

Elvira (Lea Myren) has one all-consuming obsession: to win the affection of her kingdom’s handsome prince and live happily ever after. Yet, she lives in the shadow of her beautiful stepsister, Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss), who seems fated for the happy ending she’s always dreamed of. But, in a kingdom where beauty is prized above all things, Elvira will get what she wants, no matter what…

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