Underplayed Gems

Orphan

Orphan poster
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A woman with a rare condition that makes her look like a child poses as an orphan and gets adopted by families. She then turns on her new parents, using manipulation and violence to destroy their lives.

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What happens

The Orphan film series, consists of American psychological slasher-horror movies, based on characters created by Alex Mace and starring Isabelle Fuhrman in the primary role; consisting of a theatrical film, a hybrid limited theatrical-VOD-streaming prequel, and its sequel described as an "inbetweenquel" in production. The plot centers around a psychopathic serial killer Estonian named Leena Klammer who lives with a hypopituitarism hormonal condition which caused proportionate dwarfism, and allows her to pose as an orphaned child. Taking on the alias of Esther Albright, Leena repeatedly orchestrates scenarios where she can victimize her would-be adoptive parents. Each installment follows the attempts of survival by adopters, while Leena sadistically manipulates their marriages, tortures and kills her adopted families. While the movies received mixed critical reception, each installment turned a profit at the box office. The series garnered a fanbase, and through retrospective modern analysis, the original earned its status as a cult classic within its genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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