- Original name: Orphan: First Kill
- Genre: horror, thriller, detective, drama
- Producer: W. Brent Bell
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: I. Furman and others.
Already 23-year-old Isabelle Fuhrman is returning to her role as the killer girl in the prequel to the movie "Child of Darkness", officially titled "Child of Darkness: First Kill" (Orphan: First Kill). To help the actress bring her character back to life, the filmmakers use a combination of forced perspective shooting and world-class makeup artists. The original film grossed $ 80 million worldwide on a reported budget of $ 20 million. Let's see how the prequel to this horror story turns out.
Plot
In the first film, Lina Klammer escapes from an Estonian psychiatric hospital and travels to America, where she is adopted by a new family. But in Lina's new life with the new name Esther there is an unexpected nuance, outwardly she looks like a 9-year-old girl, but in fact she is a 33-year-old dwarf woman. As it turns out, she killed at least seven people, including the last family that tried to adopt her.
Production
Directed by William Brent Bell (Doll 2: Brahms, Werewolf, Possessed).
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: David Coggshall (Ambulance, Lore, Scream, Prey);
- Producers: Alex Mays, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin, James Tomlinson, Josie Liang, etc.
- Dark castle entertainment
- Entertainment one
Actors
Leading roles:
- Isabelle Fuhrman (Hounded, The Hunger Games, Masters of Sex, Ghost Whisperer, The Night Show with Jay Leno).
Interesting Facts
Did you know:
- Rating of the original film "Child of Darkness" (Orphan) 2009: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 6.9. Budget - $ 20 million. Box office: in the USA - $ 41,596,251, in the world - $ 35,103,381, in Russia - $ 34,114.
- The original title of the prequel is "Esther".
- Original film screenwriter David Leslie Johnson will executive produce with Jen Gorton.
- Josie Liang will curate the film for Entertainment One.
The trailer and release date for "The Child of Darkness: The First Murder" is expected in 2021.
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