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 spoilers follow. Prequel movies always face a battle to prove they should have been made, beyond being a cash-in on a recognisable name. It's arguably even more challenging when ...

Orphan: First Kill is a stand-alone movie. None of the characters from 2009's Orphan, such as her adoptive parents Kate (played by Vera Farmiga) and John Coleman (Peter Sarsgaard), appear in the film.

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 ...

But Orphan: First Kill, in theaters, available for digital purchase and streaming on Paramount+ Friday, adds devilish new twists to the franchise. In 2007, Lena (Isabelle Fuhrman) breaks out of an ...

Orphan: First Kill takes place before the events of the original movie, obviously, after Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) breaks out of an Estonian asylum, steals the identity of a young girl, and is ...

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.

The follow-up to 2009’s ‘Orphan’ uses CGI to de-age its original star, Isabelle Fuhrman, to make the 25-year-old actress resemble a child. That gimmick is just about all its got.

"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.

Beginning on Friday, August 19, Orphan: First Kill will be streaming on Paramount+, free to anyone with a Paramount+ subscription. You will find the movie on the Paramount+ website beginning on ...

"Orphan: First Kill" is set two years before the original movie, which means Esther's real age will be 31 in the new film. That said, she'll still be posing as a 9-year-old girl.