New horror movie The Ugly Stepsister has landed an excellent first trailer.
The film, which was described as "savagely brutal" by Mashable, comes from director Emilie Blichfeldt, and is a more twisted take on Cinderella as lead character Elvira (Lea Myren) goes to extreme and gory lengths to appeal to the prince.
A trailer for the horror has now been released, giving fans a Substance-type vibe as large letters and pulsing techno music ask if audiences ever feel "inferior", "unworthy", "ashamed", "rejected", "alone", "scared", "unloved", "invisible" and "ugly".
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We also meet Elvira, who is treated badly upon her arrival to a grand house, before a scene not for the squeamish sees her nose painfully altered.
Viewers are then shown a series of horrifying images as she undergoes grotesque procedures while striving to become the belle of the ball.
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The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January and drew widespread acclaim, currently sitting at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Mashable wrote in their review: "Simply put, The Ugly Stepsister is savagely brutal and yet strangely beautiful."
"Instead of whimsical romance set in the Renaissance, Blichfeldt gets graphic with the medieval torture women endure in their pursuit of happily ever after," wrote Bloody Disgusting. "It's elegant, stylish, and gnarly."
The AV Club added: "An impressively nasty first feature from Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt, this is a grimmer than Grimm take on Cinderella."
"Contrasting how her female characters feel with the expectations men put on them, Blichfeldt makes clear that impossible beauty standards are the unfairest of them all, whether in the real world or this twisted fictional kingdom," wrote Variety.
The Ugly Stepsister will be released in UK cinemas on April 25.
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