Orphanage of ghosts..

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2010)

This horror-drama (produced by Guillermo del Toro) was OK, but nothing extraordinary. The direction was measured, without resorting to any excessive stylistic fiddling, apart from some color filtering (mild saturation mainly), and from the grotesque masks (a cliché) at the guest party. The storyline kept you on your seat, even though you probably guess what's going on, and even though it doesn't resist a few cheap horror moments (the car crash, for example). Overall, the implied overtone is of the heroine revisiting the repressed "ghosts" of the past and making peace with them, but at a cost, since the ghosts "engulf" her (which is why they were repressed in the first place).