The Orphanage [Blu-ray] by Juan Antonio Bayona, starring Belen Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Mabel Rivera, Fernando Cayo, Montserrat Carulla: DVDNear.com

The Orphanage [Blu-ray]

The Orphanage [Blu-ray]
by Juan Antonio Bayona

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Actor: Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-04-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
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Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
Anamorphic; Color; DTS Surround Sound; Subtitled; Widescreen

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Movie Review: A new supernatural classic!
Summary: 5 Stars

A woman named Laura was a former orphan who lived in a nice orphanage that had a bad past raises an adopted son named Simon with HIV and a husband named Carlos as they were a happy family. Until one day, Simon discovers that he has invisible friends that he plays with and terrible memories from Laura's past have literally come back to haunt her as the spirits take away her son. Desperate to find her son, she feels an unworldy prescence in her house and calls on some local Paranormalists to help her, can she find out the mysterious secrets of the abandoned orphanage or will she loose her son?

Smart, terrifying and starling supernatural Spainish/Mexican horror thriller import is one of the best horror thrillers in recent memory. Director J.A. Bayona and executive producer Guillermo Del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth", "Hellboy 1 & 2", "Blade 2" and "Cronos") brings us a chilling tale about life and death in a positive and well done way. The performances are just terrific and the storyline is complicated but very good, i also like how they use old-school make up techniques instead of CGI at some parts and the ending is just amazing as it has to be seen to believe.

This Blu-Ray offers an excellent high resolution quality in picture and sound as i believe this movie is better seen and heard on Blu-Ray. It's presented in Spanish with English Subtitles and has some good extras like three featurettes, still galleries, Teasers and Trailers, Poster explorations and rehearshal Studio featurette, i strongly recommend this great ghost story.

Also recommended: "The Shining", "House (1986)", "Poltergeist", "Stir of Echoes", "Pan's Labyrinth", "The Others", "The Sixth Sense", "Final Destination Trilogy", "The Skeleton Key", "Stephen King's The Shining (1997)", "Making Contact (a.k.a. Joey)", "Burnt Offerings", "The Ring (Japanese and American)", "Ju-On 1 & 2", "The Grudge (2004)", "The Watcher in The Woods", "City of the Living Dead (a.k.a. Gates of Hell)", "House By The Cemetery", "The Legend of Hell House", "The Beyond", "Silent Hill", "The Haunting (1963 and 1999)", "The Fog (1980)", "An American Haunting", "Ringu 2", "Ringu 0", "The Devil's Backbone", "Hellraiser 1 & 2", "Cronos", "Inferno", "Suspiria", "In The Mouth of Madness", "Dark Water (2002 and 2005)", "What Lies Beneath", "Thir13een Ghosts (2001 and 1960)", "The Amityville Horror" (1979 and 2005)", "House on Haunted Hill (1958 and 1999)", and "1408".

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ORPHANAGE - Blu-Ray Movie

It's only his first film, but Spain?s Juan Antonio Bayona has already figured out the secret to a successful supernatural thriller: emphasize character over special effects. Like Walter Salles's Dark Water and Alejandro Amenábar's The Others, The Orphanage pivots on a pretty woman and an unusual child. When her old orphanage goes on the market, Laura (Belén Rueda, Amenábar's The Sea Inside) and Carlos (Fernando Cayo) settle in with their son, Simón (Roger Príncep). Once acclimated to the remote seaside surroundings, they plan to re-open it as a home for special-needs children. Meanwhile, their seven-year-old doesn't know he's adopted or that he has a life-threatening illness. He does, however, have a lot of imaginary playmates. When Simón disappears without a trace, his parents contact the police, but to no avail. Because Laura has been hearing odd noises and having strange visions, they proceed to consult a medium. Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin, speaking perfect Spanish) is convinced they aren't alone. Carlos has his doubts, but Laura makes like a detective and revisits her childhood--through photographs, home movies, and exploration of the spooky stone manor--to determine who or what abducted her son. Produced and presented by Guillermo Del Toro, The Orphanage is less fanciful than his works, though it does bear a vague resemblance to the ghostly Devil's Backbone. There are a few gory make-up effects, but Bayona mostly preys on our fear of the unknown to craft a first-rate fright fest. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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