Jaume Collet-Serra directs Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard and Isabelle Fuhrman in this horror where a couple take in a weird orphan girl with deadly results.

Bought this in the Parisian equivalent of a Cash Convertor for a single euro. Bargain! The Middle Eastern dude behind the counter was super excited, chatting to me in French about ‘Esther’. Proof enough surely that if someone could make a third one with Isabelle Fuhrman (as a ghost?) there’d be a market for it. This isn’t quite as good as the bonkers late-in-the-day prequel First Kill. It needs twice the amount of murders to support a 2 hour running time and that big twist has never been that much of a shock. Still it is more than adequate as a glossy Saturday night special. Bring Esther back!

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Perfect Double Bill: Orphan: First Kill (2022)

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