Fairy tales, in their undiluted forms, need no help when it comes to being scary and terrifying. However, transforming these classic stories into the world of Disney makes it easy to forget their morbid beginnings. In case Cinderella, most modern adaptations of this quintessential rags-to-riches story rarely bring up the violent aspects. All of that was long ago removed in favor of safer elements, like fairy godmothers and anthropomorphic mice. However, when the linen maid-turned-princess is reimagined as someone who seeks “Bloody revenge” Tom Jolliffe He looked back; the Cinderella’s revenge The screenwriter found inspiration in the character’s horrific roots.
The Brothers Grimm didn’t come up with that Cinderella (or Aschenbottel) all on its own, but its familiar variety provides part of the source material for Cinderella’s revenge. It is also attributed to Charles Perrault, given its French version (Cendrillon) was the first to feature the Fairy Godmother, the Pumpkin Carriage, and the Slippers. Directed by Andy EdwardsThis movie is a merging of two worlds. It carries the violence of a Grimm retelling, all with a sprinkle of those now-mandatory ingredients introduced by Perrault and immortalized by Disney. Naturally, there are some tweaks that make this new film more suitable for the horror genre. In the opening, masked assassins murder Cinderella’s father on her stepmother’s orders, forcing the protagonist through years of hardship that ultimately fuel her murderous rampage.
Before getting to the biggest appeal of this movie, Cinderella’s revenge You’ve got to get the basics down: that is, how the name itself (played by… Lauren Styrk(Toiling away like her cruel stepmother)Stephanie Lodge) and two sisters (Beatrice Fletcher And Megan PurvisHe rejoices in her suffering. When her family goes to the prince’s ball, Cinderella enlists the help of the wish-granting Fairy Godmother; This is played by Natasha Henstridge to Classify Fame. More in line with the wise genie than Aladdin From her noble, grandmother-like counterpart in the 1950 animated film, this Godmother is both volatile and clever in popular culture. She’s also not British and has access to a world and time outside of the world of this story.
For example, the Godmother brings out Hammer pants at one point, much to her final client’s confusion, and calls in (the actors portraying) Tom Ford, Vidal Sassoon, Christian Louboutin, and Elon Musk to help with the magical makeover. You may consider all of these to be anachronisms, but that’s it He is A fairy tale, after all. Anything is possible, even an orange Tesla takes Cinderella to the ball. Yes, really, that’s what’s going on here.
Once the time finally comes for Cinderella to get revenge, the chaos becomes more calculable than shocking. Staerck wears a creepy but generic mask as she picks up those who have wronged her character — it doesn’t take a genius to figure out who’s going to make up the body count — and she does so in a vulgar way. Everything is very predictable. On the bright side, Cinderella’s Massacre is entertaining, at least on a superficial level. Drawing a little as well. Overall, Edwards and Juliffe enjoy the Grimms’ contributions Cinderella Myths: which are distortions. Voluntary distortion of a person’s foot to fit into that glass slipper is included as well as some eye gouging. These gory nods to the German source material are also achieved by practical means.
king Cinderella’s revenge It went even further with its concept and execution, and may have become a new classic. Instead, it’s never as wild as promised. The potential is certainly there, but the final product seems uninspiring. When all is said and done, this movie and its literary basis have that obligatory happy ending after putting the main character through a lot of hell. The first happens to be bloodier. Does this make it better? In its current form, no. Still, there’s something more unsettling about the Brothers Grimm version that these stark edits can’t capture on screen.
Cinderella’s revenge Now showing in select theaters.
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