Orphan: First Kill

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

...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.

...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.

...refreshingly clever, unpredictable and gruesome.