Samuel LoveThe Ugly Stepsister emerged as one of 2025’s most talked-about genre films; a twisted, blackly comic body-horror reimagining of Cinderella. Feeling like the twisted offspring of a Jane Austen costume drama and The Substance, this unforgettably gory and bitingly satirical shocker is a deserving addition to Second Sight Films’s celebrated collection of striking, artful cinema that fans and collectors treasure. Just make sure you haven’t just eaten before watching – there is some nauseating, gnarly stuff here. The Times’s Kevin Maher said “30 years of film criticism and this is the first time that I’ve had to turn away from the screen for fear of retching”.
Synopsis
An impressionable and idealistic young woman dreams of marrying the kingdom’s prince but her beautiful stepsister becomes her greatest rival. Increasingly desperate she resorts to extreme measures in a quest for the physical perfection she believes will win the prince’s heart.
Special Features
- Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
- UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
- New audio commentary with Director Emilie Blichfeldt and Filmmaker Patrik Syversen
- New audio commentary by Meagan Navarro
- This Is My Ball: a new interview with Emilie Blichfeldt
- Generational Trauma: a new interview with Actor Lea Myren
- Take Up Space: a new interview with Actor Thea Sofie Loch Næss
- Character and Gore: a new interview with Effects Artist Thomas Foldberg
- The Beauty of Ugly: The Effects of The Ugly Stepsister
- A Cinderella Story: Kat Hughes on The Ugly Stepsister
- Deleted Scene
- Short Films: How Do You Like My Hair? and Sara’s Intimate Confessions
Limited Edition Contents
- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Ann Bembi
- 120-page book with Cinderella’s Stepsister by Emelie Blichfeldt, storyboard comparisons and new essays by BJ Colangelo, Michelle Kisner, Kimberly Leszak, Jolene Marie Richardson, Katie Rife and Amber T
- 6 collectors’ art cards
THE UGLY STEPSISTER is available on Blu-ray, 4K UHD, and Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray from Second Sight Films
