The return to horror in fairy tales, like in The Ugly Stepsister, is part of the constant evolution of storytelling.

Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s fractured fairy-tale “The Ice Tower” took top honors at this year’s Neuchatel International Fantastic ...

Cillian Murphy running from a burning zombie during one of the best horror movies, 28 Days Later.

Taylor Hunsberger, a children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, reflects on the ways ...

In Monster Summer, now streaming on Paramount+, it’s up to a kid to lead the charge to uncover strange goings-on in a 1990s ...

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.

They could best be described as post-apocalyptic rom-com, espionage family-comedy, body horror fairy tale, sci-fi screwball comedy, and vampire historical drama/musical?

Claims that a popular toy collectible was actually inspired by a demon from ancient folklore circulated online in July 2025. Some users claimed that Labubu, a cute, fuzzy monster ...

A feminist body horror fairy tale is often a study in beauty contrasts, and immediately, Elvira and Agnes are set up as classic nemeses as Elvira covets her stepsister’s elegance.

This debut short story collection bears echoes of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson, with its dark, occasionally surreal fantasies that interweave elements of history, sci-fi and horror, fairy tales ...

If you haven’t had the pleasure of dipping your toes into the buzzy Swedish horror film The Ugly Stepsister, let me tell it’s ...