‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: A Raunchy, Gory, Punk-Rock Reimagining Of The Cinderella Story

With the surprise crossover success of Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes body-horror hit The Substance last year, there was a lot of blather about how the Academy was finally ready to cozy up to genre films. Now, as if to test that thesis, up pops this extraordinary film from Norway, an extreme fairytale that premiered at Sundance […]

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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: A Raunchy, Gory, Punk-Rock Reimagining Of The Cinderella Story
With the surprise crossover success of Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes body-horror hit The Substance last year, there was a lot of blather about how the Academy was finally ready to cozy up to genre films. Now, as if to test that thesis, up pops this extraordinary film from Norway, an extreme fairytale that premiered at Sundance […]