Orphan

(OK these are gonna be shotgun reviews. I gotta get back on the road today)

I've come to think of American horror as dead. Either it's a crummy and soulless remake of an old slasher "classic," or its a remake of an Asian movie (sometimes OK), or its just full of lots of supernatural bullshit. I had no faith that Orphan would be any different, but I was wrong.

Saw this in Silver Spring at the AMC on Powder Mill Road. Right away there was something about it I liked, and I liked it all the way through. It felt fresh and creepy. No ancient curses. No demonic possessions. No ghosts. Just pure naturalistic horror. I saw the twist coming a mile away, and I still liked it. Some of the best uses of black light in recent Hollywood cinema.