Orphan

Movie • 2009 • Horror  

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This movie contains 55 potentially triggering events.
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Misanthrope
There's absolutely no dogs in this movie that are killed or harmed.
Only a pigeon is killed.
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Does an animal die?
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Anonymous
A pigeon is attacked and killed at about 28 minutes.
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RoseTheHat
A pigeon is seen being shot by a paintball gun on purpose.
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RoseTheHat
Yes, a bird is shot with a paintball gun and Esther crushes it with a rock to put it out of its misery. It’s a gory scene.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Are there bugs?
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glitterpop95
Maxine is tricked by Esther.
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LeiaPasquarelli
I think that even though it's in the presence of her home, what Esther does is essentially stalk people/watch and follow them without them being fully aware.
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glitterpop95
Both Maxine and Danny are tormented by Esther, mention of Esther’s past issues with children, Brenda the bully is injured by Esther.
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glitterpop95
Esther attempts to kill Danny, John is stabbed to death, Maxine nearly gets run over, Danny and Maxine are trapped in a moving car, Kate is stabbed in the leg, Esther gets kicked in the head by Kate and drowns after her neck snaps, gun violence, Esther threatens to shoot Kate if Maxine tells on her, Kate grabs Esther’s arm, Kate knocks Esther down in the hospital hallway.
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glitterpop95
The mom is a recovering alcoholic and the dad is a smoker.
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dannyb
Alcohol and cigarettes are used, but no other substances.
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twitchywitchygirl
mom is a recovering alcoholic; dad gets drunk in one scene
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msegirls
mentioned that a character had to be restrained in a straight jacket often
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AlinaMayim
Main character is a grown woman pretending to be a child, and attempts to seduce her adopted father.
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Seenit
Esther attempts to seduce her foster father, luckily he is disgusted and refuses
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ovchre
That's quite hard to answer because Kate gets drugged in the hospital after kind of breaking down but no one is drugged in a manipulative way.
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not jokes, but later in movie esther tries so seduce her foster dad witch results in him being uncomfortable and walking away telling her he doesn’t see them like that
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quirklessbunny
Theres slashing with a knife
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dannyb
It's attempted, but the person who tries it is tackled out of the way before they can succeed. Someone also gets beaten in the head with a hammer multiple times, however it's not technically "squashing".
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GwendolynCox
Someone is threatened with it
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Anonymous
Mentions how some other people burned alive and shows it in a drawing
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iloveyou.com
Esther smashes someone's head in with a hammer, theres lots of blood, fire, etc.
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GinnyCornett
Also a person is smothered with a pillow in the hospital.
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ovchre
A child becomes unconscious after someone tries to kill him with a pillow. The child also becomes unconscious because he's falling from a treehouse.
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RoseTheHat
Yes. Esther pushes her bully off a slide, which results in the bully breaking her leg. It is shown in graphic detail. Esther also breaks her own arm by using a crushing device.
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glitterpop95
Danny has a box cutter held to his throat. Kate is stabbed in the leg.
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RoseTheHat
No teeth are pulled or smashed, but Esther wears dentures to hide her real teeth. Her real teeth are rotten and gross.
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iloveyou.com
Down a slide.
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quirklessbunny
No one falls to their death but the son falls from high up and ends up in the ICU
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twitchywitchygirl
no, but there is a small painting of somebody hanging in one of esther's hidden blacklight paintings
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Main Character dresses provocative and tries to seduce her father while he’s drunk (he doesn’t know her real age)
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glitterpop95
The deleted script mentions a murdered girl named Yolanda. Esther has killed at least 7 families. Jessica was a stillborn. Danny nearly dies.
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RoseTheHat
Yes, the dad dies after being killed by Esther.
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RoseTheHat
The dad cheats on the mom.
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twitchywitchygirl
a stuffed animal is cut open to hide something
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glitterpop95
There’s a mild one were John goes to wake up Esther and she pops out from under the covers.
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AliceBell
No shower scene.
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Very briefly when they visit the orphanage. The clown is shown in the background twice, both times for a split second
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Are there razors?
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AliceBell
Danny wets himself when Esther is threatening him.
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Skylergrace
Dont know why theres one vote on yes, its 100% safe, no mentions of it and no act
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ohgodohfuck
you can hear bones breaking, someone being stabbed and there's also the pretty graphic sound of someone's head being bashed in
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Not exact but I can't imagine it doesn't count. Earlier in the movie the mother tells Esther that the ashes of her stillborn child were sprinkled in a rose plant so as long as it lived her child would live in it, Esther later cuts the flowers. This is not glossed over or a quick scene, the mother gets very visibly upset.
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glitterpop95
A man from the Saarne Institute warns Kate about the villain’s identity.
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When Kate loses her cool at the hospital & slaps Esther she is seized by orderlies & given an injection to sedate her
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KnightWhoSaysNi
There's a long hospital scene close to the end of the movie.
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quirklessbunny
The brother used the r-slur and said Esther should go back to the ‘r-slur camp’
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twitchywitchygirl
yes it is a major plot point
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MikeyRose
Esther is shown having an anxiety attack in a bathroom stall after talking with a therapist. The scene itself cuts from the couple talking to the same therapist, and Esther in the bathroom.
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MikeyRose
*SPOILERS* The paintings on Esther's walls (revealed in the final act) heavily imply she suffers from body dysmorphia. In the paintings she depicts herself as looking closer her true age (33)
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georgiarose
Kate tells the therapist she wants to kill herself sometimes, but that is all

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LeiaPasquarelli
Don't know why people are voting no. PTSD from a miscarriage and another child's near death experience is real
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twitchywitchygirl
max hides in a clothes hamper in a closet
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TheoRagnarok
Character breaks own arm. Same character has scars on wrists and neck from resisting restraints
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iloveyou.com
Not in a manipulative way, but Kate is suicidal
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Buddi2019
It isn’t super visible but quite a bit of the movie is filmed free hand.
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TheoRagnarok
Black lights flipping/flickering on and off
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Does a baby cry?
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Anonymous
Early in the movie. Also Mentioned throughout the movie
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LeiaPasquarelli
Graphic body horror in the form of a nightmare.
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Nima
A very very gory scene right in the beginning where the mom screams and lots of blood is shown. She's then presented with her dead child wrapped in cloth and covered in blood.

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(spoilers)

It is revealed that Esther is a little person pretending to be a child, to seduce the fathers of families that adopt her. It is very bad representation of little people, with the intent to make them scary.
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glitterpop95
“Spaz”, “retard”, “Jesus freak”.
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jlister1997
Son says that the adopted daughter came from the "retard camp"
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nickg
The first character to die is a black woman.
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while it’s not technically a large age gap, but she looks and acts nine throughout the movie. so it’s very uncomfortable to watch
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alice5x
parents have sex

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Are there incestuous relationships?
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dannyb
There's an uncomfortable scene towards the end. It's not technically incestuous and nothing actually happens except a failed attempt at seduction but it is uncomfortable to watch. The character who is making their move is also seemingly a minor.
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Is there BDSM?
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around 1h 40min into the movie there are naked drawings on the walls of a bedroom
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glitterpop95
Kate and Maxine are rescued by the police.
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twitchywitchygirl
there are several very close calls, but technically no, nobody is hit by a car. a car crashes, but into a building and nobody is hurt
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3 car incidents:

Esther pushes Max onto the road in front of sister Abigail's oncoming car, causing her to swerve violently (just avoiding Max) & skid to a stop. She manages not to hit anything or roll the car though.

When Kate is dropping Daniel to school she momentarily steps out leaving Max on the back-seat, only for Esther to sneak in & release the parking brake (& shift the gear stick to neutral), causing the car to start rolling backwards down the hill. After a couple of near misses (cars swerving out of the way) the car fortunately slams into a snow bank bringing it to a stop without injury.

When Kate is racing home from the hospital during a snow storm, desperately attempting to reach John, she narrowly avoids crashing a number of times until she finally crashes intentionally through the front of the house.
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Inga
Ester at the end
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glitterpop95
Sister Abigail is killed with a hammer.
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twitchywitchygirl
multiple gun shots in climatic scene, daniel shoots a paintball gun, a gun is held to max's head and she's asked if she wants to play Russian Roulette
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