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00:00Welcome back to Movie Recaps. Today I will show you a horror, mystery film from 2009, titled Orphan. Spoilers ahead. Watch out and take care.
00:09Kate and her husband John walk into a hospital because she's in labor. She gets wheeled away, as John stays behind to sign her in.
00:17Immediately, Kate starts bleeding. She wakes up in an operating room, surrounded by medical staff, but her husband isn't there yet.
00:25The whole situation feels strange and frightening to her, when the nurse tells her that her baby is dead. Kate can't believe it.
00:31John comes in and starts filming the birth, as if nothing was wrong. The nurse hands her the infant. Kate is screaming and suddenly, she wakes up in her bed.
00:40She gets up and goes to the restroom, looking at the scar on her belly. She takes a tablet.
00:45The next day, Kate is at psychotherapy, where Dr. Browning explains that nightmares as those are a normal response to the trauma of stillbirth.
00:53Kate wonders if the nightmare was about that or about the fact that she will adopt a child soon. She thinks she might not be ready.
01:00Kate tells her therapist that she was considering buying some alcohol, to which Browning replies that the important thing is that she didn't buy any at the end.
01:07Relating to the adoption, the therapist tells her that ultimately she has to decide if she will go through with it.
01:13Kate goes to pick up her deaf daughter Max from school. She's driving her home, but when she moves from a stop like distracted, she almost causes an accident.
01:22Later, Kate is seen playing the piano and composing music. She gets irritated by some noise she hears, so she goes outside and sees that Max is throwing a basketball on the wall.
01:32She yells at her to stop and the kid apologizes. John arrives home with their son Daniel and the three of them goof around with the basketball.
01:39That night, Kate is putting Max to bed, when she asks her to read her a story. The story is about the child that died.
01:46Max asks her if she'll get a new sister. Before Kate goes to bed, she takes another tablet. She gets into bed with John and they talk about the adoption.
01:55She made her decision, they will go through with it. Some time later, they are seen diving into an orphanage.
02:01Sister Abigail meets them up front and tells them to look around. Kate stays on the first floor, looking at the little girls playing and John goes to the second floor.
02:10He hears a girl sing and walks inside the room, where Esther is painting. She tells him an amazing story about the painting she's making, as Kate and Abigail walk into the room.
02:19John introduces them and the three of them continue to talk. The girl says that nobody has ever talked to her before because she's different.
02:26They seem to like her. They talk to Abigail about adopting Esther.
02:30She tells them that she was originally from Russia and that the people who brought her to the US died in a house fire.
02:36But, all in all, Abigail thinks that the girl is wonderful. Kate agrees.
02:40Three weeks later, they pick her up from the orphanage and say goodbye to Abigail. In the car, Kate teaches Esther sign language.
02:48They reach the house and Max is excited to see them. Esther introduces herself to her instantly, asking Kate how much she can hear.
02:55She tells her that she can hear just enough so that she can read people's lips.
02:59Once inside, they're met with Grandma Barbara and Daniel. That night all of them give her welcome gifts, except Daniel, who already seems jealous of the girl, especially when she gives John a huge thank you hug.
03:10Daniel goes outside to the treehouse with his friends and they look through dirty magazines.
03:14Esther and Max play in the snow, as Barbara and Kate talk about Max and about her plans to start teaching again once Esther is settled.
03:21Barbara seems to feel disappointed in Kate. There's a storm brewing that night, as Kate gets ready to go to bed.
03:28Esther wakes up and goes to Max's room. John and Kate are making love, when there's knock on the door and it's the two girls asking to sleep in their bed.
03:36Esther wants to sleep next to John.
03:38The next morning, they're all ready to leave the house and get to school, when Esther comes down the stairs in an fancy dress, prompting the other children to laugh.
03:46Kate wants to make sure if Esther really wants to wear that to school and the girl tells her that there is nothing wrong in being different.
03:52Kate lets her wear the dress. Later, she is being welcomed in class by her teacher, when one of the kids makes fun of her.
03:58That day, Max and Esther play on the frozen lake, when Kate runs out, yelling that doing that isn't allowed.
04:04Simultaneously, Daniel plays with a paintball gun and shoots a bird.
04:08Esther and Max walk over and he's very upset, but Esther gives him a large rock, telling him to put it out of its misery.
04:15He doesn't want to do it, so she does it for him.
04:18Later, Esther goes to take a bath. Kate goes into her room to put away her laundry, but finds an old Bible stuck in a drawer.
04:25She doesn't hear Esther looking out of the bathroom as she looks through it and finds a photo of a man inside.
04:31At school, Daniel's friends are making fun of him because of Esther, so he pushes her books over.
04:36When she goes to pick them up, a girl from her class finds her Bible and as they struggle for it, it falls on the ground.
04:42Esther picks it up, but the girl reaches for her choker, calling her a doggie.
04:46Esther screams. Later, Kate is teaching her how to play the piano.
04:50Then she asks her about the incident at the school, but she doesn't want to talk about it.
04:54Kate gives her a scrapbook, which she has already started for her.
04:58When Esther asks her about the baby she lost, Kate tells her what happened, as she shows her the roses where they scattered her ashes.
05:04After dinner, thinking the kids are sleeping, Kate and John make love in the kitchen.
05:09Esther suddenly appears. The next morning, Kate goes to talk to her about it.
05:14Esther seems unfazed as she paints, saying she knows about it and uses the f-word.
05:18Kate and John talk about it later and she thinks they should take her to a therapist.
05:22John thinks it's overreacting to take the child to therapy for one dirty word.
05:26John takes the girls to a park and while they're at a swing, one of his neighbors comes over to flirt with him.
05:32Meanwhile, Esther's bully comes into the playground as well.
05:35Esther's attention is divided between her and John's exchange with the neighbor.
05:39The bully is actually afraid of Esther and looks out for her as she goes to play in the castle.
05:44She wants to go down a slide when Esther pushes her suddenly, breaking her leg.
05:48Max sees her do it. At diner that night, John talks to Esther about it, Max confirms the story that the girl slept.
05:55Before they eat Esther prays and Max does the same.
05:58She even understands sign language better than Daniel.
06:01He antagonizes her and starts calling her names, when the parents interject.
06:05He runs off, angry and cursing.
06:08John puts a lock on his treehouse as a punishment.
06:10Later, Kate is at the store with the girls, when Sister Abigail calls her.
06:15Esther refuses to talk to her, but Kate continues.
06:18She steps aside and tells Sister Abigail about everything that has been happening,
06:22while Max reads her lips and recounts her words to Esther.
06:25That night, Esther plays the piano perfectly to Kate's surprise.
06:29She asks why Esther pretended not to know how to play and the girl replies that she did it for her benefit.
06:34That night, Kate and John argue about Esther and their argument spirals out of control.
06:39Esther hears them in the other room, contented.
06:42One day, Sister Abigail comes over to the house.
06:45She talks to the parents about Esther, thinking that there might be something wrong with her.
06:49She lists a few things that she might have done in the past, like hurting other children.
06:53The girl hears everything and goes to get Max, telling her that she needs to help her so the mean lady doesn't take her away.
06:59Kate thinks that Abigail might be onto something, but John thinks she's overreacting.
07:04Kate suggests they take her to a therapist and he agrees.
07:07Meanwhile, Esther tells Max to find the keys to the treehouse, but instead she uses them to get a gun out of John's safe.
07:13She takes the bullets out of the revolver, leaving one inside.
07:17She points it at Max, scaring her terribly.
07:20As Abigail leaves the house in her car, Esther takes Max to a bridge telling her that they will scare her so much, she'll never want to come back.
07:27As the car approaches, she pushes Max onto the street and Abigail almost hits the girl, swirls and crashes the car.
07:34Abigail finds Max crying, when Esther hits her with a hammer.
07:37She instructs Max to help her get Abigail off the road.
07:40They roll her down, but she's still alive, so Esther finishes her off with a hammer.
07:45The two of them go into the treehouse, where Esther hides her bloody clothes and the hammer.
07:49She tells Max that they'll send her to jail too just for helping her.
07:53Esther then tells her that she loves her.
07:55Daniel sees them climb down the treehouse, but Esther sees him too.
07:59That night, she comes into his room with a scalpel, threatening him not to say anything.
08:04The boy pees himself.
08:06John and Kate take Esther to see Browning, who talks to them about her as she waits outside.
08:10The therapist says that there is nothing wrong with the girl, but that Kate is in fact the problem.
08:15She thinks Kate feels inadequate as a mother and is taking it out on Esther.
08:19John agrees with her reasoning.
08:21When they come back home, Kate gets a call from the orphanage
08:24and she's told that Sister Abigail hasn't returned since the previous day.
08:28The police search for her and find her body where Esther left it.
08:31A police officer is seen talking to Kate and John, saying they have no suspects.
08:36Esther is in her room switching the light of her aquarium on and off,
08:39showing a gruesome painting she has made of the house and the family.
08:42Kate searches online for information about disturbed children and shows her findings to John.
08:47He disagrees with her again and she tells him she won't be seeing Dr. Browning anymore.
08:52Kate is worried about who Esther is and says she'll contact the orphanage in Russia, where Esther came from.
08:57When she makes the call, she finds out that there are no records of her previous to her arrival in the US.
09:03The next day, John goes to wake Esther up to take her to the dentist,
09:06but since she doesn't want to go he promises to reschedule.
09:09They spend the day painting together and Esther tells him that she thinks that Kate doesn't like her.
09:14Meanwhile, Kate is taking the other children to school and asks them about her.
09:18They lie, saying she's never done anything wrong.
09:21That night, Esther comes in the kitchen telling Kate she has a present for her.
09:25She gives her a bucket of roses, picked from the place where Kate's daughter's ashes were scattered.
09:30Kate gets upset and grabs her, but John tells her it was his fault.
09:33That same night, Esther goes to the garage and breaks her hand.
09:37Back in bed, she calls for John, telling him her arm hurts and when he checks it, he sees it's been broken.
09:42They come back from the doctor and he's tucking her in their bed, when Kate comes in.
09:47He confronts her, but Kate says she didn't grab her that hard.
09:50Later, she goes to a liquor store and buys two wine bottles.
09:54She gets a little drunk, but throws the rest of the open wine bottle down the drain.
09:58Kate drives the kids to school the following morning.
10:01Daniel walks out of the car and his bag rips, so when Kate goes to help him,
10:05Esther puts the car in drive with Max still in there.
10:08Kate runs after the car, until it's finally stopped by the snow.
10:12That night, Dr. Browning is in their house and Kate swears that she put the car in park
10:16and that Max is covering for Esther.
10:18John shows her the second wine bottle which Esther found.
10:21The therapist tells her that she reserved a spot for her in a rehabilitation center,
10:25but Kate tells them her side of the story about the wine.
10:28They don't believe her about the wine and about the accident.
10:31John thinks she's being manipulative and gives her a week to go to rehab or he'll leave and take the kids.
10:36Meanwhile, Esther tells Max that she'll shoot her mom if she tells on her.
10:40Later, Daniel goes into Max's room and she tells him about Abigail and the treehouse.
10:45He says he'll get the stuff from the treehouse, but Esther hears him.
10:49Kate gets up during the night and sneaks into Max's room.
10:52Suddenly, Esther turns the light on.
10:54They go back and forth, but Esther shows her the diary she'd been keeping,
10:58letting her know she'd read it.
11:00She antagonizes her, but Kate doesn't fall for it.
11:03The next day, Kate calls the orphanage again and when she doesn't find out anything,
11:07she goes to get Esther's Bible.
11:09She finds it hidden in a plush toy and finds pictures of men inside.
11:13She sees the word Sarn Institute on it and immediately searches for what they mean online.
11:18She calls the number she finds and they tell her that the institute is actually mental hospital and not an orphanage.
11:23Meanwhile, Daniel sneaks out of the house to get the stuff from the treehouse.
11:27Esther follows him there and starts pouring fuel over the evidence,
11:30then lights it and continues pouring fuel over Daniel.
11:33She locks him inside the burning treehouse.
11:36He calls for his mother, but she's too busy investigating Esther.
11:39Daniel gets on the roof, crying for help.
11:42He falls onto a wooden beam, but slips and falls on the ground, as Esther watches him.
11:47Suddenly, Kate sees the fire as Esther goes over Daniel to kill him with a rock.
11:52Max pushes her away and Kate arrives before she can do anything more.
11:56Daniel is alive.
11:57They're all in the hospital, when the doctor comes in and informs them that he has a serious neck injury and might not remember what happened.
12:04Esther is worried about that.
12:06Kate tells John what she found out about Esther, but he's still not convinced.
12:10While they are arguing, Esther goes to Daniel's room.
12:13Max knows what's going on and goes after her.
12:16Esther starts suffocating Daniel with his pillow, as Max goes to get her parents.
12:20The alarm in Daniel's room goes off and the doctors revive him.
12:24Kate confronts Esther and slaps her.
12:26Orderlies grab her and sedate her.
12:28She misses an important phone call.
12:30Later, Kate wakes up and immediately asks about Daniel.
12:33She begs John not to let Esther near Max, as she stays overnight in the hospital.
12:37That night, Max takes of her hearing aid and her dad tucks her in.
12:41Esther comes in and grabs the aid when she says goodnight to her.
12:44John goes down to the living room and gets drunk.
12:47Esther walks downstairs, dressed up like an adult and sits next to John, who doesn't understand what's happening.
12:53Esther starts kissing him, but he recoils.
12:56He explains that he doesn't love her the way him and Kate love each other.
13:00John tells her to go to her room, but she tells him not to talk to her like she's a child.
13:04He says he will be calling the orphanage tomorrow about her.
13:07Esther goes to her room and cries.
13:09Meanwhile, Kate gets a call from a doctor in the Sarn Institute.
13:13He recognizes Esther and tells her to get her family out of the house, then to call the police.
13:18He tells her that Esther isn't a little girl, but that she has some kind of hormone disorder that only makes her look like a child.
13:24She is in fact an adult woman.
13:26Esther was one of the most violent patients in the hospital and when she fought her restraints, they left scars on her hands and neck.
13:32The doctor tells Kate that she has killed at least seven people.
13:36Kate is rushing to get home, confused how she could fool them.
13:39Back at the house, Esther trashes her room and removes all of her makeup used to hide the fact that she's not a little girl.
13:45John goes to check on her and finds her paintings all over the wall.
13:49Kate is calling him as she's driving home, but the power goes out in the house before he can pick up.
13:54She calls the police.
13:55John finds a light and looks through the house, when Esther stabs him.
13:59He's incapacitated, but alive, so she keeps on stabbing him until she kills him.
14:04Max sees her and she goes after her next.
14:06Kate drives so fast toward the house that she crashes into it and immediately goes upstairs.
14:12She finds John, then she realizes Max is in trouble and tries to find her.
14:16She looks in her room, but when she doesn't find her goes into the bathroom.
14:20Suddenly, Esther shoots her.
14:22Kate hides in her bedroom, but fortunately Esther doesn't find her there, because she's hitting outside of the window.
14:28Max hides in the garden and Esther is coming for her there, as Kate sees her from the glass roof.
14:33Esther shoots after her again, then finds Max and shoots after her too.
14:37Max escapes as Kate breaks the glass roof, falling on top of Esther.
14:41A moment later, Max wakes Kate up.
14:43She takes the gun and picks her up, leaving Esther behind.
14:46She walks out into the forest.
14:48The police arrives and enters the house, but Esther isn't there.
14:52Suddenly she's running after Kate and Max with a knife.
14:55The two of them fall on the frozen lake and they struggle, with Esther relentlessly going after Kate.
15:00Max picks up the gun and shoots, breaking the ice.
15:03Both of them fall inside and struggle, until Kate incapacitates Esther.
15:07As she's crawling out, Esther grabs her again, begging her not to let her die, but Kate kicks her back in the lake.
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