The Orphanage centers on Laura (Belén Rueda) who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, Laura discovers that the new environment awakens her son's imagination, but the ongoing fantasy games he plays with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
I was hoping that this movie would be available in English on DVD. Sadly, I was wrong. I thought that having to read during a scary movie would totally ruin the experience. Luckily, I was wrong. This movie, even with the subtitles, was a really intense spookfest. It wasn't cheesy scary. It wasn't gory. It was a really well done psychological thriller where you find yourself intensely staring at the screen and jumping numerous times throughout.
I would recommend people checking this one out. If you can tolerate the subtitles - it really is a well done thriller.
