'The Orphanage' - High-Def Digest Review

**Squozen** · 07-26-2008 09:28 AM

Just watched it tonight. Stunning film, same blacks showing as red on my projector. Looks like some questionable DI work to me.

The people that say they didn't find the film creepy - man, how jaded are you? I was on edge through most of the film and I've seen a hell of a lot of movies. Of course, I was watching in the dark on a big screen with 7.1 sound - maybe it doesn't translate to a smaller screen in the daytime with dogs barking in the background and texting your friends at the same time...

**JAWoOKIE** · 07-26-2008 12:04 PM

couldnt agree more. its one of those films were you turn off the lights and pay attention.

**Emoney7** · 07-26-2008 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Squozen

Just watched it tonight. Stunning film, same blacks showing as red on my projector. Looks like some questionable DI work to me.

The people that say they didn't find the film creepy - man, how jaded are you? I was on edge through most of the film and I've seen a hell of a lot of movies. Of course, I was watching in the dark on a big screen with 7.1 sound - maybe it doesn't translate to a smaller screen in the daytime with dogs barking in the background and texting your friends at the same time...

Hahaha totally agree.... put this movie in at midnight, with my 7.1 and 65" big screen, can't lie it got under my skin a little. I guess that's the difference between getting into a character and having legit scares or a movie that just throws things at the screen at you, kids these days....

**JAWoOKIE** · 07-26-2008 01:58 PM

Especially when:

Spoiler:

**dandeeswish** · 07-26-2008 02:12 PM

This movie was wicked!!! Very creepy indeed!

**eastx** · 07-27-2008 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by RoadLizard

Spanish Director circle-jerking on various movie forums. Pans "Torture-Porn"...errr... I mean Pan's Labyrinth and now this yawner.

Umm, Pan's Labyrinth is nothing like the torture porn genre, and in my mind a million it's a million times better than anything that genre could ever produce. Your taste in movies is kind of unique - maybe you should stay away from foreign films.

(Though I do agree that the evil children in Japanese horror have become cliched.)

**JAWoOKIE** · 07-27-2008 01:25 PM

Pan's is torture porn???? I must not be watching the same one?

**Rise Against** · 07-29-2008 05:52 PM

I was underwhelmed by this movie. It wasn't really that scary except for a few parts. It wasn't a bad movie, but I was expecting more.

**CaptainArcher** · 05-31-2011 04:49 PM

I'm glad I held out for the 99 cent price point at Blockbuster, it made this movie all the more sweeter, I agree with the review 100%.

**FLTWS** · 05-31-2011 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by JAWoOKIE

Especially when:

That's one scene that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

If you liked the "Orphanage" you might also like "The Devil's Backbone", another one worth checking out.

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