It's a well known fact the horror movies suffer from numerous cliche's. From the cell phone losing connection, to the car not starting, to the serial killer that walks after his prey and always manages to catch up to them... the list is massive. Something else that has showed up in many a horror film is... the demon child! That's right, the kid that is either possessed by Satan ("The Omen") or some unknown evil ("Michael", "Children of the Corn"). The latest "evil child" film has to do with a family that adopts an orphan... and is appropriately titled "Orphan".
What drives this film is the desire to know why our title character (Esther) is so evil. Once the lead couple brings her home, we immediately start to see that there is something wrong about her. However, we don't know what that is! The filmmakers make a smart move by not giving any insight to Esther's background, otherwise the movie would be pointless. Its full of typical jump scene's, or scene's in which a character walks through an empty room to investigate a noise. This is the kind of stuff that usually has me rolling my eyes. However, the whole mystery aspect kept me engaged. I also like how Esther gradually gets more and more evil as the film progresses. It made me wonder "what is she going to do next?".
While it's certainly not the greatest horror film, it was fairly entertaining and had a cool twist ending that most people will not expect. Not bad at all by horror movie standards.
My Rating: 6 out of 10
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