“No secret stays locked away forever.”
You build a life with secrets and everything seems to be okay. But soon, those secrets need to be unearthed. And sometimes, they result in a very tragic loss that drives you to your darkest fears.
The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish horror film about a woman who moves her family into the orphanage she grew up in as a child. After a strange visit from a social worker regarding the adoption of her son and his illness, mysterious occurrences start to happen that result in the disappearance of her son. Soon after, the mother starts a frantic search for her son that reveals a horrifying secret of her home.
Horror films today often are sequels or remakes that deal with killers and ridiculous amounts of blood. But this film really does deliver the terror. At times, it’s really creepy. It’s something like a classic haunted house movie like The Haunted, but with a twist.
The story to me was very simple but had an interesting hook. It seems that there was more to the story once the son went missing. What brought alive the story was obviously the acting. The actress who played the mother was very good and going crazy and what not. It’s usually the real moms who bring the terror to the screen when playing this type of character.
The scary scenes didn’t really happen until the last third of the film. The mother brings alive the orphanage to ask the little kids where her son is. And sure enough, the ghosts start to appear. It’s these very small moments that send chills down your spine.
The Orphanage is a frightful film that has some very gothic thriller elements laid out in them. I give it a 4 out of 5 and you can buy it on DVD or watch on Netflix.
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