ORPHAN: FIRST KILL

You think you love children, wait until you see Esther

Directed by: William Brent Bell
Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Psychological

I'm not a movie type, I don't watch I lot of movies but if I were to I would check the horror or thriller section first. I've always loved watching horrors and thrillers, I would say that it is my best genre, even though I get scared and find it hard to sleep at night. I would always choose horror over any other genre, and when I say I love horror, I mean psychological horror and not just some killer with a knife and mindless jump scares.

Orphan franchise clearly brings that, Orphan: the first kill is a prequel to orphan (2009), the story follows a disturbing child-woman, a 30 something year old woman, Leena Klammer (Isabelle Fuhrman), with a rare hormonal disorder(hypopituitarism) and how she escapes a psychiatric facility in Estonia, and takes on the identity of a missing girl named Esther Albright in America. She tries manipulate her way into the family but they are not as easy as they seem.

If you've watched the first movie, you'll know that Esther is not all she seems. She uses her disorder to manipulate and take on the image of an innocent sweet child, am I a psycho for saying that, seeing those cute little pigtails, rosy cheeks and that fake cute little innocent face again on my screen was I really good I had goosebumps. Isabelle Fuhrman (Esther) gave a stellar performance once again in bringing Esther back to life, even after a decade later, the film makes her look childlike again adding to the illusion. She perfectly portray the manipulation, eerieness and intelligence of the character.

I love how they producers and directors managed to flip the narrative instead of just following a familiar formular of the previous one. They bring an unexpected plot twist that even I, a horror movie fanatic, could not predict. The mother in this movie was not as clueless and naive like the last, she is the catalyst for the unexpected plot twist, and an interesting one at that, let me just say she brought the same energy that Esther brought and maybe even more.

Although it kinda looses it meaning as I now know who Esther really is, unlike the first one where I watched Esther slowly unravel, it's still great because it brings a little shock as the story take a crazy turn, turning the predator to a prey. This movie is a nice watch for my psychological horror guys, if you surely don't like just random jump scares this one is for you. It has more depth and I find that more chilling.

All images are screenshots from the movie.

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