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Release Date
April 18, 2025 (Limited)
Digital Date
May 9, 2025 (Shudder)
Director
Emilie Blichfeldt
Cast
Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp
Facing desperate financial straits, wide-eyed and awkward Elvira prepares for the royal ball, where she must compete with her beautiful new stepsister to capture the attention and riches of the handsome prince. Under her mother’s direction, Elvira subjects herself to dancing lessons, primitive plastic surgery, and much, much, worse, but her swanlike transformation comes at a devastating (and disgusting) price.
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In The Ugly Stepsister, Cinderella’s hideous…ly non-ugly quasi-sister goes to great and gruesome lengths to achieve her preferred appearance (and foot size), physical qualities demanded in a realm where beauty is currency. This is not a Disney film.
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