A TERRIFYING horror movie which had its premiere audience throwing up in the aisles has revealed its first trailer.
The Ugly Stepsister debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in January.
A twisted reimagining of Cinderella – the film follows Elvira (Lea Myren) – who competes against her stepsister in a brutal battle for beauty.
It features gruesome elements like decomposing bodies, body horror and 19th century surgical transformation.
These gory scenes left an audience member at the premiere vomiting in the aisle.
In addition, the scary film will be coming to movie theaters from April 18 and on April 25 in the UK.
Social media viewers have been reacting to The Ugly Stepsister’s first trailer.
One simply wrote on X: “This looks so good.”
Another added: “Love the nod to the original story where the sister cuts her toes off to fit into the slipper.”
While a third penned: “I hate/love body horror. I’m so ready.”
Although a fourth remarked: “At this point, when does someone not throw up at Sundance….”
A fifth wrote: “looks disgusting, im sat.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Watch scenes from stomach-churning horror movie so scary audience walked out” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6362799658112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]The Ugly Stepsister is co-written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt in her directorial debut.
It is an International co-production from Norway, Poland, Sweden and Denmark.
After Sundance, the film was showcased at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.
Speaking to Variety, writer-director Emilie revealed her thought process for the movie.
She said: “This beauty horror twist on Cinderella is inspired by the Brothers Grimm version and by my own struggles with body image.”
Continuing, she noted her “goal is to provoke both empathy and discomfort.”
In addition, to “inspire my audience to reflect upon their perceptions of, and relationship to, beauty.”
The film was released to Norwegian cinemas on March 7.
