"The Orphanage" (2007)

I think this is my favourite horror film I’ve seen. It ticks all the boxes. The plot is decent, there are some good twists, and the frights and tension are perfect.

Married couple Laura and Carlos move into a new home that was once the orphanage in which Laura grew up, hoping to reopen it for handicapped children. However, their adopted son Simón vanishes without a trace. Months pass during which Laura increasingly hears and feels the presence of other children around the house, and calls in a parapsychologist to investigate...

To be fair, I suppose, it is quite a sad story but the plot is decently constructed, leaving hints and trails to be followed so subtly that by the end the audiences are left feeling very satisfied. I love that details mentioned in the beginning come into play again in a big way later on. The frights are so good that even having seen the film, given the right volume, I still jump for them! The fact that it’s in subtitles doesn’t take from it at all. You still sink into the story seamlessly.

The fact that the whole film is pretty much set entirely in the eerie old house adds loads to the tension as the creaking floorboards and old dark corridors constantly leave audiences awaiting the next unsettling surprise...Some from a particular masked figure...

If you like this genre then this is definitely not one to be missed! It has some excitingly terrifying moments....Just brilliant. 

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