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 In the marketing material for the Nordic horror film The Ugly Stepsister, the first thing you see is "Bridgerton meets The Substance." There's no better way to describe this body horror, which, beneath all the gore, reflects the remarkable reality of beauty standards. If you can tell from the title (somehow, it didn't catch my attention), the film puts a twist on the fairy-tale Cinderella by giving us the point of view of the "ugly" stepsister.  All Elvira has ever dreamed of is marrying the virginal, weakling Prince Julian. When her mother remarries, Elvira and her family move into her new stepfather's house, which they will share with the more beautiful stepsister. But on the very day of the wedding, her stepfather dies, and the women are left with nothing, because the man was broke and not the wealthy dream Elvira's mother imagined him to be. When Elvira and her stepsister Agnes are invited to the royal ball, Elvira sets out to dance with the pri...