Unhinged woman Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian insane asylum and travels to America by stealing the identity of the missing daughter of a wealthy family. However, Leena's new life as "Esther" comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will do anything to protect her family at any cost.... (Full plot summary below)
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Unhinged woman Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian insane asylum and travels to America by stealing the identity of the missing daughter of a wealthy family. However, Leena's new life as "Esther" comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will do anything to protect her family at any cost.
Leave your thoughts about Orphan: First Kill.
| PolygonAusten GoslinOrphan: First Kill is a tremendously clever slasher that has fun with, and lives up to, its absurd premise. |
| ColliderAlyse WaxFirst Kill is a smart, tight film that fits perfectly into what the first Orphan film set up over a decade ago. |
| The A.V. ClubCourtney HowardOffering the winning combination of a subversive spin on a well-established villain, Orphan: First Kill is a gnarly, wild and absolutely demented ride. |
| IndieWireRyan LattanzioCoggeshall’s script isn’t especially sharp, as the movie really does hinge around that big twist, but the visual approach and performances from the actors give Orphan: First Kill an edge that should satisfy fans of the original. |
| TheWrapLena Wilson“First Kill” takes the best part of its predecessor — its camp value — and dials things up to 11, delivering a movie that demands to be seen at rowdy theaters and sleepovers worldwide. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerWhat makes Orphan: First Kill worthwhile is that it acknowledges the original before taking a hard left turn into overblown soapy madness. The modern gothic of the first film transforms here into a perfectly fitting explosion of operatic schlock. |
| Paste MagazineJesse HassengerOrphan: First Kill isn’t an especially scary movie, nor is its class-war commentary especially subtle or insightful. Through sheer force of personality, though, these elements are rendered immaterial. Like Esther, the movie has a keen sense of how to weaponize its own audacity. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe movie is equal parts clever and trashy, made for people who like to see very good actors play people who are very bad. |
| We Got This CoveredMatthew PejkovikPlenty of blood splatter brutality throughout Orphan: First Kill will satisfy gore hounds looking for their next fix. Bell, who previously directed the similarly themed The Boy and grizzly werewolf film Wer, proves to be a deft hand at creating tension without resorting to cheap jump scares. |
| IGNMatt DonatoOrphan: First Kill doubles down as a prequel about Esther but manages to feel so uniquely standalone thanks to some supreme storytelling swings. |
