Is El orfanato scary?

Moderately so — El orfanato mixes scares with other modes. As a haunted house film, it scored 7.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.6/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in El orfanato?

El orfanato has 7 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like El orfanato?

El orfanato is tagged as haunted house, supernatural on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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El orfanato

2007 · R · 1h 45m · Spanish

A tale of love. A story of horror.

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.6

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Strongest on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

El orfanato has 7 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.6Overall

Fear7.0

Gore1.0

Atmosphere8.0

Genres

dramahorror

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Details

Budget$3.4M

Box office$78.6M

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Starring

Belén Rueda as Laura · Fernando Cayo as Carlos · Roger Príncep as Simón · Mabel Rivera as Pilar · Montserrat Carulla as Benigna · Andrés Gertrúdix as Enrique · Edgar Vivar as Balaban · Óscar Casas as Tomás

Production

Rodar y Rodar, Telecinco Cinema

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