Orphan: First Kill - Kritiken

...refreshingly clever, unpredictable and gruesome.

Fuhrman is fantastic in this schlocky but never boring return to the 2009 cult-favorite movie.

...it acknowledges the original before taking a hard left turn into overblown soapy madness. The modern gothic of the first film transforms here into a perfectly fitting explosion of operatic schlock.

...the filmmakers behind this prequel skillfully balance shock and schlock

Like Esther, the movie has a keen sense of how to weaponize its own audacity.

...long-awaited prequel provides plenty of scares.

Thanks to a clever flip of the script, some inventive filmmaking techniques, and a ghoulishly strong performance by Fuhrman, this horror prequel surpasses the original.

...the force of Fuhrman’s performance (...) goes a considerable way towards reclaiming the role of the malevolent mini psychopath Esther.

...den utmärkta Fuhrman som visar att hon kan spela kortväxt psykopat lika väl som barn som i vuxen ålder.