This is an incredible movie - period!
The fact that its a horror movie will no doubt divide the fans of the genre. Will there be blood? No. Is it unrated or too scary for cinemas? No. Will it give you nightmares? Hardly. But what it will give you is brilliant acting and a story so perfectly executed - IN A HORROR MOVIE MIND YOU.
I've watched hundreds of horror movies and most of them will have something - something they obviously wanted to build the movie around - wheter it be brutality, jumpscares, creepy mutants or loads of guts and blood being shovelled in your face, but hardly any of them focus on the story. This one does - much like "The Others" did a handful of years before it.
If you decide to watch The Orfanage, you can lean back comfortably in your seat (although you will probably stay clued to the edge) and have faith that it will take you from beginning to end in a carefully considered way... with no special effects, no bewildered zombies or other inexplicable things being mindlessly tossed in for dramatic effect and best of all - no unanswered questions.
Enjoy! (PS the Wendy reference knocked the air right out of me)
The fact that its a horror movie will no doubt divide the fans of the genre. Will there be blood? No. Is it unrated or too scary for cinemas? No. Will it give you nightmares? Hardly. But what it will give you is brilliant acting and a story so perfectly executed - IN A HORROR MOVIE MIND YOU.
I've watched hundreds of horror movies and most of them will have something - something they obviously wanted to build the movie around - wheter it be brutality, jumpscares, creepy mutants or loads of guts and blood being shovelled in your face, but hardly any of them focus on the story. This one does - much like "The Others" did a handful of years before it.
If you decide to watch The Orfanage, you can lean back comfortably in your seat (although you will probably stay clued to the edge) and have faith that it will take you from beginning to end in a carefully considered way... with no special effects, no bewildered zombies or other inexplicable things being mindlessly tossed in for dramatic effect and best of all - no unanswered questions.
Enjoy! (PS the Wendy reference knocked the air right out of me)