Overview
Horror's creepy child genre gets another entry with this chiller from Jaume Collet-Serra (HOUSE OF WAX). After the death of their unborn child, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) go to an orphanage to consider adoption. There, they find Esther, a young girl who seems innocent, but she brings destruction to her new family.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Jaume Collet-Serra - Director
Peter Sarsgaard
Vera Farmiga
Isabelle Fuhrman
Aryana Engineer
Karel Roden
CCH Pounder
Jimmy Bennett
Lorry Ayers
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 123
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 883929048694
- Genre: Horror
- Rating: R (MPAA) (disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language)
- Release Date: October 2009
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
3 stars out of 5 -- "To pull all the operatics off, producers have wisely cast solid pros Sarsgaard and Farmiga, who bring real dimension to a couple reeling from one tragedy and about to experience another....The real find is young Fuhrman..." - 07/23/2009 Box Office
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child." - 07/23/2009 Chicago Sun-Times
"[I]t's a cut above most spooky-kid movies, with a twist that sets it apart....The plot unfolds with a palpable sense of tension." - 07/24/2009 USA Today
"ORPHAN would never work as the thrillingly wicked indulgence it is without the psycho intensity of Fuhrman. She's boosted by Saarsgard and Farmiga..." - 07/23/2009 Movieline
"[I]t's the uproarious twist that will land this one in the horror hall of fame/shame." - 08/04/2009 Total Film
