A twist worthy of Shyamalan, and thats not a good thing...

Rating: 5/10 (20 November 2010)

'Orphan' had the makings of a classic horror movie, and a truly iconic villain. Until the big twist comes in from there the movie is lost. Irredeemable. Any suspense it produces is lost. The twist is literally the equivalent of revealing at the end of 'The Silence of the Lambs' that Hannibal Lecter does not actually eat people, he merely cooks them: the twist removes the creepy aspect of the villain, making her just another bland antagonist. Prior to the twist I was expecting an ending similar to the original 'The Omen' and I would have been quite satisfied with that, but instead I was left with something just as stupid and clichÃ©d as any other run-of-the- mill horror movie.