Will Orphan: First Kill Be A Solid Prequel?

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The 2009 horror film Orphan definitely made a splash. Isabelle Furhman played Esther, a child who begins living with John (Peter Sarsgaard) and Kate Coleman (Vera Farmiga). The couple quickly realizes that something is off and strange about Esther before the wild reveal comes out. Orphan grossed $77,912,251 at the global box office, according to Box Office Mojo, and is often considered one of the most interesting and exciting horror movies thanks to its big twist.

It's no wonder that there will be a prequel film, Orphan: First Kill, which will be out later this summer. But was another movie about Esther necessary?

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According to the IMDb page for Orphan: First Kill, the movie's premise is as follows: «After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.» Esther pretends to be Tricia (Julia Stiles) and Allen Albright's (Rossif Sutherland) child, and she's just as evil and manipulative as ever. William Brent Bell directed the film, known for directing Stay Alive (2006), The Boy (2016), the sequel Brahms: The Boy II (2020), and Separation (2021). It seems that Esther learns that she can keep doing this: living with families, making them think that she's a child, and then killing whoever she feels like along the way. A sequel would seem impossible because of the ending of the first film.

While the big reveal in the original Orphan that Esther is not a child but a grown woman is definitely something to remember, it's one of the most nonsensical horror movie plot twists. It just doesn't seem possible for the family not to realize that this is what's happening. Yes, Esther does