In a twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, THE UGLY STEPSISTER follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the Prince’s eye. THE UGLY STEPSISTER is the gory tale of the blood and sweat, grit and gold that goes into making the new stepsister the belle of the ball.

From Sundance to Saskatoon, we are starting this year’s festival off with a bang—THE UGLY STEPSISTER is going to be make everyone’s top horror movie lists for 2025. This ingenious reworking of the classic fairytale is sincere, gruesome and thought provoking all at the same time. This is one film you’ll want to see with an audience, and we’re thrilled to be presenting it at the Dark Bridges Film Festival. Stop by the merch table after the show so we can discuss “was Cinderella always a body-horror story?”