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THE UGLY STEPSISTER
Horror sets Oscar records with two Best Picture nominees, “SINNERS” gets 16 noms, and more
The Academy hasn’t shown any resistance to genre fare this year.
by
Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold’s Best Horror Films of 2025
The studios—one in particular—made a stronger showing than usual in this list of the past year's top terror titles.
by
Michael Gingold
Exclusive Interview: “THE UGLY STEPSISTER” writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt talks placing the bloody shoe on the other foot
Utilizing squirm-inducing body horror to represent the aesthetic extremes young women are pressured to achieve, it tells a side of…
by
Ricky J. Duarte
Calgary Underground Film Festival 2025 Lineup Is Here!
Highlights of the event’s 22nd annual outing include over 80 different films, a 48-hour movie-making challenge and a special screening…
by
Rue Morgue Manor
Poster premiere: The agony of the feet in “THE UGLY STEPSISTER”
The new art highlights one of the Grimm sides of the Cinderella story–but far from the only one.
by
Michael Gingold
BUFF ’25 Movie Review: “THE UGLY STEPSISTER” is a grim, grisly and pretty great fairy tale
Blichfeldt is able to pointedly and scarily address her of-the-moment themes without breaking the finely crafted period spell her movie…
by
Michael Gingold
“THE UGLY STEPSISTER” and others triumph at Boston Underground Film Festival awards
This year saw an especially strong lineup of feature and short presentations, and these were the movies voted best of…
by
Michael Gingold
Trailer premiere reveals more about “THE UGLY STEPSISTER”
The very grim fairy tale is coming next month.
by
Michael Gingold
Shudder grabs Sundance Midnight body-horror film “THE UGLY STEPSISTER”
No sooner were the Midnight titles for the next Sundance Film Festival announced than word came down that one of…
by
Michael Gingold
Midnight genre fare revealed for 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Fright films and other bizarre tales are part of next year’s lineup.
by
Michael Gingold