Orphan: First Kill plot summary: The year is 2007—two years before the events of Orphan — and a 31-year-old woman named Leena (Isabelle Fuhrman) is living in a psychiatric hospital.

‘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 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 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.

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.

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.

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" is the origin story of Esther, a middle-aged killer impersonating a 10-year-old. Isabelle Fuhrman plays the role via movie magic.

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 (Paramount) Forced Perspective: The creepy child is a longtime horror staple, from Damien in The Omen to Demon Seed to Rosemary’s Baby, the list goes on; what made 2009’s ...

It’s been over a decade since a little girl in pigtails first terrorized audiences in the 2009 horror flick Orphan—and now that very same girl is back in Orphan: First Kill, the horror prequel ...