Is Halloween too scary for kids?

It is easy to see Halloween as an inappropriate time for children. With its mixture of bloody costumes and scary themes, it ...
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One of the year’s freakiest horror films is also a fairy tale

A gory, body-horror reimagining of Cinderella, "The Ugly Stepsister" twists fairy-tale beauty into darkly comic social ...
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Cinderella Was Always a Body-Horror Story

Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale. Photo: Marcel Zyskind This review was originally published on January 24, 2025 ...
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Another Bite of the Poisoned Apple: Why Does Pop Culture Love Fairy Tales Again?

Snow White and The Huntsman — a somewhat modernized take on the familiar fairy tale featuring Twilight‘s Kristen Stewart as the titular Snow in conflict with Charlize Theron’s demonic Evil Queen — ...
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60 Best Children's Books of Fairy Tales for Kids

If you’re looking for the best children’s books of fairy tales for kids, find what you need on this big list of wonderful picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books of popular fairy tales ...