A common banner ad for Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage (El Orfanato) quotes a critic, saying “so tense you’ll have to keep telling yourself, ‘it’s just a movie.’” A dubious compliment, to be sure, but filmgoers and critics seem to agree that The Orphanage is an experience that’s quite difficult to shake.
Trivia Tidbit
Popular rumor has it that The Orphanage producer Guillermo del Toro might helm the next entry in this popular series.
a. The Chronicles of Narnia
b. The Golden Compass
c. Harry Potter
d. The Spiderwick Chronicles
(Highlight below for answer.)
c. Harry Potter.
Produced by Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth), this new Spanish-language horror film is appealing to foreign cinema and horror fans, as well as those who were previously uninterested in either genre. It tells the story of a woman returning to the orphanage where she was raised, with the intent of reopening it. But her adopted son becomes the center of a horrific series of events culminating in his disappearance. In her frantic search for Simón, Laura begins to uncover the orphanage’s horrible secrets.
An American remake is already underway, but a subtitled version has been floating around various theaters since late December. If you can find it in a theater near you, or even if you can’t, whet your appetite with the trailer.
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