Cinderella, aka Ella, is a slave for her stepmother and stepsisters. She is beaten and abused on a daily basis, and the only kindness she knows is from another servant and her son. After Ella’s stepmother and stepsisters beat the servant almost to death, they force Ella to deliver the death blow and dispose of the body.
The only bright spot in Ella’s life is the prince has asked her to the ball. Her stepmother is furious since she wants one of her own daughters to be the prince’s date and Ella is forbidden to go.
When Ella finds an old book, her fairy godmother appears and offers her three wishes. This isn’t the godmother of the typical Cinderella fairy tale, but a faceless goon looking for payback for the wishes.
Ella gets dressed up, heads to the ball and dances with the prince. But she quickly learns it was all a prank as the prince throws her to the ground and spits on her. The crowd laughs at Ella for thinking a prince could love her, and the prince encourages everyone to spit on and beat her.
At this point the clock strikes midnight and Ella realizes she has one final wish. If you guessed it’s revenge, you’d be correct. Thus starts a blood bath with the godmother and her minions, as well as Ella going Carrie on those who’ve wronged her.
This is a miserable movie about miserable people. They play it as if they are doing Shakespeare, but it’s so far from it. The score is distracting rather than adding tone to the scene. For an ITN movie, the production values are better than usual. However there are numerous haircuts that do not match the time period, as electric lamps throughout the castle and ballroom.
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| The guy in the fade destroys any semblance of the time period |
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| The modern lamp |
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| Another modern lamp with a cord |
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| There appears to be a light switch on the wall |
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