This Day in Horror History: ORPHAN Was Released in 2009
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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