Now dats some scary f*cking sh*t. These words came into my head many, many times while watching this Spanish-language film, titled The Orphanage (or El Oranato if you are fluent in salsa). I was on the edge of my seat and guessing what might happen next and was never right (which might be a broader issue of mine, but let's table that for the moment). The movie feels a bunch like The Others, and even looks as good, but probably cost a tenth of the budget to produce. There's no Jessica Alba, and no M. Night Shyamalan, and no bloody special effects. And it's not one of those super low-fi (a la Blair Witch) sort of films... it's a real movie (albeit the director's debut) featuring nobody's (who all put on exceptional performances) without expensive gore (that generally put on cheap thrills anyway), without the cameo or even the hot naked chick. But trust me... without them frills or them ho's, this is one incredible house of horror!
The beautiful estate happens to be the orphanage that the lead character (the mom) happened to grow up in. She purchased it as an adult with her husband and their young son -- not to be an orphanage though, rather, a place for them to live and serve as a facility for disabled children. Want to know the twist?... just watch the movie trailer and read on because...