La Orfanata
I’ve seen my share of horror movies and out of those, I onlylike The Others and The Haunting. I’m very picky about actors in general, butI’m even worse when it comes to horror movies. I can’t stand horror for horror’s sake, such as the onesfeaturing long haired stop-motion chicks in white (The Ring, The Grudge,Shutter), teen slashers (Scream, Prom Night), they are okay as boredom killers,but other than that, you’re better off waiting for Scary Movie’s spoofs.
By the way, can everyone in the movie industry stop makinghorror movies with the aforementioned stop motion chick? Scary thing off theassembly line is not impressive.
Yesterday, I shrugged off the possibility of a sleeplessnight and went to see The Orphanage (La Orfanata) all by myself. Shit BLEW ME the crap AWAY. Not onlydid it make me jump out of my seat (very embarrassing when the people to yoursides are strangers), it also made my throat corked tight by the end—a hugefeat considering I don’t cry at movies except during PMS.
The Orphanage is about a family who moved into an oldorphanage, which the mother used to live in as a child, from here on, you knowwhat happens. I don’t know why people still do this, moving into spooky houses,it’s like they’re asking for it.
Today, I found out that Hollywood has its grubby little claws on a remake of this excellent movie. It’s sad that the American movie industry can’t come up with a good original horror movie anymore that they have to remake every European and Asian horror flick. Suckiness alert.
I slept quite well after the movie, by the way. Although showering is now a mostly open-eye task.
Wow, I love The Others too. It’s the only horror film I have on DVD.
Based on your review, I will watch The Orphanage. And maybe I’ll crap my pants too.