‘Orphan: First Kill’ Film Review: Lurid Horror Prequel Cranks Up the Camp Value to 11. Isabelle Fuhrman returns for a sequel that leans in gloriously to the franchise’s inherent absurdity.

Orphan: First Kill is the type of horror movie prequel that wants to embrace its roots but also forge its own path. It’s a respectable goal, although incredibly difficult to execute.

Esther is back in Orphan: First Kill and more haunting than ever. And Fuhrman, who is now 25, has reprised her role as 9-year-old Esther, giving the movie an extra eerie twist.

Orphan: First Kill will be in theaters and on Paramount+ on Aug. 19, 2022. William Brent Bell's Orphan: First Kill is a head-scratching prequel on paper that defies its conceptual odds. Writers ...

Fuhrman returns for the prequel, “Orphan: First Kill,” though because the actor is now in her mid-20s, practical effects have been used to make her pint-sized psychopath look suitably small.

Orphan: First Kill zeroes in on the doomed adoptive family briefly mentioned in the first act of Orphan and the events leading up to their fiery demise. ("The family that brought her to America ...

Orphan: First Kill, the prequel to 2009’s Orphan, tells the story of Esther’s first time conning her way into an American family. The movie brings back Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther.

For all that it has going against it technically, narratively, and practically, Orphan: First Kill is far better than one would expect it to be… but that low bar is low enough that it’s still ...

Orphan: First Kill Rated R. Kills, none of them Leena’s first. Running time: 1 hour 39 minutes. In theaters and on Paramount+. Orphan: First Kill. Find Tickets.