Once upon a time, you were a young child who loved hearing fairy tales at bedtime and watching Disney bring them to life on screen. Now that you're a grown-up, though, your tastes have grown up ...

The dark and creepy origins of classic fairy tales. ... In the original tale, the Ugly Duckling is harassed out of the pond, only to live with geese and ducks who are eventually slaughtered.

GANNA BOZHKO/GETTY IMAGES. Famous fairy tales and folktales from around the world. Fairy tale stories are part and parcel of childhood. Endlessly retellable (and spoofable—we’re looking at you ...

Hunted by her evil stepmother, Snow White (featuring Sanae Loutsis as this iconic fairy tale character) must overcome the horrors of the dark forest and make unlikely friends with 7 murderous ...

Cinderella was always a body-horror story. The new film ‘The Ugly Stepsister,’ now in theaters, underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale.