Cinderella´s Curse

Back in the early 2000 i came up with a brilliant idea while speaking to my ex girlfriend Linnea. I decided i would try on her prom dress because who wouldn´t want to see that? Exactly, no one. That made everything even more clear to me why i needed to do that. I actually got in the prom dress but to get out of it? That was a bit more complicated to be honest and when i finally did i thought i broke it. Luckily i didn´t so things turned out well after all. I would imagine that some women love to wear dresses, especially during summertime if the weather is wonderful. It´s not often you see it here in Sweden but occasionally you see someone wearing one. When it comes to dresses i think a lot of people are easily reminded of the classic Walt Disney animated movie known as Cinderella from 1950 because this is one of those animated films a lot of young girls loved watching growing up. Not just because of the dress of course but the love story of young woman Cinderella who falls in love with Prince Charming. We all know the story of Cinderella where she lost her shoe at the end of the stroke of midnight while Prince Charming want to find the woman he met, who fit in this shoe. It has been quite a while since i watched this film, it might have been when i was babysitting back in 2009. I know there are animated sequels to this classic film but i have not seen them. I also know there are other film adaptations of Cinderella and i have actually seen one of them at least called A Cinderella Story from 2004. To be honest this wasn´t a film i wanted to see but one of my family´s children wanted to watch it and so we did. Let´s just say i easily fell asleep during the film. I think actress Hillary Duff was a modern version of Cinderella if im not mistaken? Other than that i don´t remember much more. So since a lot of classic fairytale characters such as Winnie The Pooh and Mickey Mouse became public domain a lot of low budget horror films are being made based on these characters. So here we are with another classic fairytale character made into a horror movie and this time it is Cinderella in a film called Cinderella´s Curse. Distributed by the British independent film company Champdog films ( who gave us the lovely independent horror film Virtual Death Match ), i was curious to see what they would do with such a classic fairytale. Is it possible Cinderella´s Curse is the best film adaptation so far based on the classic story or is this just as bad as Scarecrow´s Revenge from 2019?

Cinderella ( Kelly Ryan Sanson ) is forced to work hard everyday while being treated like garbage by her evil Stepmother ( Danielle Scott ) while she gets an oppurtunity to go the dance with Prince Levin ( Sam Barrett ). But there are those who doesn´t want Cinderella to have a wonderful dance, and plan to destroy her night no matter what it takes.

I am fully aware that the following words i am about to say will be very controversial for fans of the old animated Disney film of Cinderella, but my personal opinion is that Cinderella´s Curse is the best film adaptation we have had so far of the classic fairytale of Cinderella. This is exactly how i want a Cinderella story to be told with demonic figues, flesh wounds, an evil stepmother and a book that looks like the Book Of The Dead from Evil Dead. Mix this all together and you have the Cinderella movie we have all been waiting for. It is about time someone dared doing something fun with this classic story, i personally don´t want to see the classic fairytale being told the same over and over again. Is this a low budget horror film? Yes, but i am completely fine with that, in fact usually it is independent films that actually takes chances and do fun films such as this one. A major Hollywood studio wouldn´t dare doing this so i am grateful that they actually tried to do something different with this film. Ok, so let´s go through some of the details i appreciate about Cinderella´s Curse. I really appreciate the brutal violence in this film where we do get to see some proper flesh wounds. When you think of the story of Cinderella you may not think about bodies getting cut open, and this is exactly why this is a great match for a story such as this. There are some other fun violence scenes i didn´t expect which i really appreciated. When it comes to the characters we do have some surprisingly fun acting performances but the one who really stand out in this film is actress Daniella Scott as the evil Stepmother. This is honestly the best acting performance i have seen her do so far and i have seen several of her films. I love the fact that Daniella really go into this character with such a evil approach and this may be one of my favourite independent film acting performances of this year so far. Actress Kelly Rian Sanson deliver an acting performance as Cinderella that works quite well where you actually feel sorry for her. The female cast in general does a great job on this film to be honest. The story itself surrounding Cinderella have some similar ingredients from the original story with some big differences, and i do appreciate they decided to twist it around a bit. Anything negative to say? Honestly, no. I am actually quite surprised how much i enjoyed this film to be honest. It´s not a perfect film in any way and i don´t mind some flaws. Director Louisa Warren have finally made the fairytale film i have been hoping for in several years and deliver a fun surprise. Cinderella´s Curse will definetely be on my list for favourite indepenent horror films of this year.

Rating: DDD