The Orphanage Film Review (2006)

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona

Production Company: Telecino cinema & Warner Bros Espana

The Orphanage is a great change from the films i usually watch and it is true to the horror genre. With its eery atmosphere and a soundtrack that induces goosebumps and sends shivers down your spine. The characters are well matched, the script is well written, the dramatic pauses are well placed which leave the audience anticipating what's going to happen next in an unsettling silence and from the establishing shot at the start of the film you know you are in for a real horror show.

This film contained a vast range of themes found in the horror genre. Creepy children that make yoiu aware of their presence when you hear them giggle, supernatural occurrences figues vansishing, death, abandoned buildings with a gloomy background story, blood, jump scares at times where you least expect it.

Narrative.

Director Profile- Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese-

Who is Martin Scorsese.

Martin Scorsese is a very important figure in Hollywood, he is a Executive Producer.

He was raised in Little Italy in the 1940's-1950's era. His influences come from his childhood in an italian american neighbourhood, this shows in his Gangster films such as Goodfellas and The Departed which follows a man of irish decent. I found this interesting because they was always a rivalry between the italian mafia (guineys) and the irish mafia (micks). He obtained a degree in film communications in 1964 and an M.A. at New Yorks University of Film in 1966.

Known Films:
The Wolf of Wall Street
Shutter Island
Goodfellas
The Departed

The themes shown in these movies are all cohesive, 3 films are starring Leonardo DiCaprio who in my opinion is one of the greatest and most influential actors alive today. Three of these films involve crime and violence.