The Woman in Black2012
Haunted-house horror with the same sense of dread and isolated setting.
Overall7.5
Fear6.0
Atmos7.9
Gore1.0
haunted-house
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.
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Release
- In theaters
- December 28, 2007
Curator Score
Based on 1 curator rating · How we score
Strongest on atmosphere, light on gore.
Jump scares
El orfanato has 7 jump scares. Compare counts
Age suitability
El orfanato is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 7.0/10 for fear and 1.0/10 for gore, and carries 2 content warnings: child endangerment and self harm.
7.6Overall
Fear7.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere8.0
Genres
dramahorror
Tags
Subgenre
haunted-housesupernatural
Tone
slow-burntwistgriefcharacter-drivendreadtragic
Setting
isolated-location
Region
internationalspanish
Seasonal
Content Warnings
child-endangermentself-harm
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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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