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more about #orphans more comments → andromache: if people are dumb enough to be swayed by a horror movie, then those people shouldn't be adopting children in the first place. they should be avoidin... more » MargaretMoony: Actually, from what I know about the movie, it's equally if not more prejudiced against people with Turner's Disease. more » rednrowdy: i see a strong resemblance to isaac in children of the corn. more » philtastic: In all fairness, Rosemary's Baby did make me think twice about my husband's pimping me out to demons in my sleep while the weirdo's next door chanted ... more » MyerAstraeus: I often refer to my children as the Spawn of Satan and I birthed them. more » SlappySquirrel: It bothers me that the evil girl is a stereotypically Eastern European orphan adoptee. What, like America can't produce any psycho kids? more » clevernamehere: When I saw the preview, I totally thought "This is going to hurt the adoption chances of older children a tiny bit." I don't think the issue is takin... more » cait98: This reminds me of the evil-stepmother trope in fairy tales. Also, a case of evil coming from outside one's "own" family. I don't take either too se... more » secretformula: Thank you so much for addressing this horrible movie and trend. As someone who grew up as an actual orphan and who bounced from home to home, I've lon... more » stoprobbers: Alright, world, I'm giving you TWO choices: 1. Stop freaking out about horror movies and books. They're not real. They're movies. They're fiction. Wh... more » SleepoverParty: I'm the tipster from this piece and am psyched to see it here. After reading this article I felt like a huge Really? needed to be thrown in their. A ... more » J.D.Regent: I totally recognize that it is ridiculous but I have to admit when I saw this poster in the theater the other week I gasped and was horrified and offe... more » thechibster63: I know what the twist ending is! She takes that velvet ribbon off and her head falls off! Sorry to post a spoiler, but I couldn't help myself. more » LoSpaz: My husband thinks this is actually a secret anti-abortion movie. more » Cafezinha: That picture makes me think of this story: http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ws3.html I feel like horror movies have been spoiled for me whe... more » -
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Orphan Discriminates Against Possessed Children
The horror movie Orphanis attracting criticism from adoption advocacy groups who worry it casts older adopted children in a bad light. Well, the demonic ones, certainly. More »
