The Orphanage

Name: The Orphanage
Genre: Horror, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.4

2007 · 1h 45m · Horror, Drama, Thriller

IMDb 7.4 Metacritic 74 RT 87%

Watch it tonight. The Orphanage is a genuinely creepy Spanish horror-thriller that earns its strong reviews with smart scares and an emotionally grounded story—no cheap jump-scares, just sustained dread that builds to a gut-punch ending. This is prestige horror that actually works.

Plot

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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