Movie · Horror

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.

2007 · 1h 45m
Director J.A Bayona

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The Orphanage

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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.

COMMON SENSE

Decent old-school ghost story, Spanish-style.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.5
Reviews 180
Fresh 157
Rotten 23

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Studio
New Line
Released
2007
Run Time
1 hr 45 min
Rated
R For some disturbing content.
Regions of Origin
Spain, Mexico, Germany
© 2006 Rodar - Rodar Cine - Televisión, S.L - Telecinco Cinema, S.A.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United States), Spanish (Spain), Spanish, Spanish (Latin America)
Audio

Spanish (Spain) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (Always On, CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.