Picturehouse Entertainment released a few new stills today from their upcoming creepfest THE ORPHANAGE, and all I know is that this dude here with the mask is flippin’ freakin’ me out!
In a good way, of course… I ain’t knockin’ this badboy, as it’s lookin’ like the sweet stuff that good ol’ horror is made of. Of course, being produced by the likes of Guillermo del Toro probably helps the sweetness… at least, to some degree.
THE ORPHANAGE goes a bit like this: Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long-abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon’s imagination, and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent games… a troubling web that begins to disturb Laura, drawing her into the child’s strange universe which resonates with echoes of long-forgotten, deeply unsettling memories of her own childhood. As the opening day draws near, tension builds within the family. Carlos remains sceptical, believing that Simon is making everything up in a desperate bid for attention. But Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family.
Have fun with the new images, and stick around as that U.S. release date is sure to be announced anytime now (I smell Decemeber…).
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