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There’s something beautifully terrifying about Orphan.

It’s a chilling psychological thriller that creeps inside the viewer’s psyche and doesn’t leave without a fight. Everything goes down in a gorgeous snowy setting, and the white-out isolation contributes to the film’s ere of evil.

From the opening dream scene, it’s hard to turn away. Vera Farmiga’s Kate Coleman is wheeled through an overly sterile hospital. She’s on her way to give birth to her third child. However, something is going very wrong. Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s crawling camera shows a trail of blood on the floor beneath the creaky wheelchair. The blood remains ominous, and what happens next is completely unnerving—setting the tone for the entire film. Jaume’s filmmaking channels Italian horror maestro Dario Argento—juxtaposing dreamy darkness with real life tragedy. The results are pure horror gold.

Back to reality, Kate and her husband John—a fantastic Peter Sarsgaard—have lost their third child Jessica, and

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