This Day in Horror History: ORPHAN Was Released in 2009
Mike Sprague
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On this day in horror history, the creepy killer “kid” flick Orphan with Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman was released in 2009.
Jaume Collet-Serra directed the flick from a screenplay written by David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2) from a story by Alex Mace.
It co-stars C.C.H. Pounder and Jimmy Bennett. Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Silver, Susan Downey, and Jennifer Davisson Killoran produced.
Principal photography for the film took place in Canada and the film grossed $78 million worldwide against a $20 million budget.
A prequel, titled Esther, is in development.
Rated R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality, and language, it centers on a couple, devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, who decide to adopt a child. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl named Esther, and soon the couple takes their new daughter home. But when a dangerous series of events unfold, they begin to suspect that there is something evil lurking behind the child’s angelic exterior.
The film sports a 56% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, Orphan fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller.
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