Seems like every other week we’re sporting a new trailer of THE ORPHANAGE, the Guillermo del Toro-produced, J.A. Bayona-directed horror flick that is Spain’s entry into next year’s Foreign-language Oscar category. I guess that’s because each new peek at it is a welcome dose of old-school creepiness we don’t get enough of… That, and it’s begun to sport the same kind of word-of-mouth PAN’S LABYRINTH received last year. No wonder it’s being released December 28 – almost the exact date PAN’S had… Take a gander at the new trailer below, after reading the “synopsis.” (Pretty hefty for a synopsis.)
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.
Thanks to Mario for the heads-up!