Review: Orphan

I will be reviewing another psychological horror. 

Director:  Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: David Leslie Johnson (screenplay), Alex Mace (story).
Released: 2009
Box Office: £41, 472, 886
Runtime: 123 minutes
Certificate: 15

The movie is about an 'orphan' who is adopted by a family who has just lost their baby. However she isn't really an orphan, she is some sort of woman in disguise looking for the perfect husband. We find out in the middle of the movie that she has killed most partners that she has been with and she has a rare condition that makes her look like a child, when in fact, she in an adult.

Now, she is after Kate's husband, John, which are both her adopting parents. She kills one of their sons, as well as the father because she's pure evil, and we as the audience can see that he found out there is something wrong with her. Typically, there is a semi-happy ending as Esther, the 'orphan' drowns under ice and is no longer a threat to Kate's family. But what about Kate's family? Her husband and son are dead and now she only has one deaf child to live with.

Overall, there are several thrills to the movie, with many jump scares to scare the audience, achieving their aimed reactions from their target audience.
In our short film, we can use scary and sudden jumps to keep our target audience thrilled.

I would rate this film 3 out of 5 as it fulfilled the satisfaction of a horror film but wasn't as scary as i'd expect it to be.