The Orphanage is one of those odd horror movies whose ending I did not anticipate -- one of those odd endings which shifts the tone of the film and makes you see its events in a wholly different light. The film does not have many scares, but sustains a general atmosphere of tension throughout. Those scares it does offer up are memorable and even shocking. (The goddamn bus.)
The burlap mask which one of the children wears in the trailer was so disturbing to me that I was disappointed that it did not receive more screen time than it actually did.
The film would not appease many horror buffs. It is a quiet psychological thriller, and a well-made one.
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