The Orphanage
What:
The Orphanage
When:
Opens May 29
Where:
Palace Centro, 39 James St, Fortitude Valley
Watch the trailer:
Here
Is there anything better than nervous laughter spreading slowly through a cinema? Old-fashioned Spanish ghost story The Orphanage possesses the entire spectrum of scares: sudden shocks, creeping dread, and the frantic urge to shout "No! Don't! Gah!" at the screen.
Lately, horror sometimes seems like the kind of pornography that's all sex-scenes and no awkward pizza-boy set-up. Films like The Grudge reduce the genre to just the boo! set-pieces, without the satisfying connective tissue. The Orphanage, however, almost feels like '60s classic The Haunting, and that's high praise.
This is a first feature for the writer and director - although it's presented by ThreeThousand's favourite gooey auteur Guillermo del Toro - and it's astonishingly tight. It's filled with the set-‘em-up, knock-‘em-down cause and effect of childhood puzzles, shaken and stirred with the peculiar logic of fairytales.
If a movie can have you both wanting and not-wanting at once to see what's behind the door, or around the corner, or waiting in the dark? You should see it at the movies, and wait for the nervous laughter.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Make a therapy appointment now
Keywords: Horror
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