Orphan: First Kill (2022) KILL COUNT

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Комментарии • 1,9 тыс.

  • @DeadMeat
    @DeadMeat  9 месяцев назад +5432

    In this episode I brought up how the case of Natalia Grace inspired the movie's development. When I did, I gave the INCORRECT INFORMATION that Grace "wound up being an adult." This is NOT THE CASE - recent DNA evidence has proven that Natalia Grace was, in fact, a child with dwarfism who was sadly abused by her adoptive parents. The DNA evidence confirming this only became available this week (possibly as late as yesterday) and this Kill Count was edited and uploaded back in mid-December, so we didn't have that information at the time. Still, I shouldn't have stated an allegation as a fact. I apologize for getting it wrong and for potentially further spreading that harmful misinformation.
    More info here: people.com/natalia-grace-dna-test-seemingly-proves-real-age-8421943

    • @christophercolasurdo919
      @christophercolasurdo919 9 месяцев назад +456

      This is why you’re the best James. Most people would shrug and move on, when just admitting a mistake is so easy.

    • @brokenbugz
      @brokenbugz 9 месяцев назад +117

      All good, thanks for clarifying!

    • @filmfangirls9163
      @filmfangirls9163 9 месяцев назад +85

      Understandable! Not your fault at all.

    • @superatario3007
      @superatario3007 9 месяцев назад +69

      All good. Your compassion and effort to always give proper information even if after the fact is amazing. Glad to have been with this channel since the original Friday counts! Thank you for always leading by example when you tell us to be good people!

    • @mylife1221
      @mylife1221 9 месяцев назад +44

      james and chelsea, as always, continue to be good people

  • @cawsomeaolin
    @cawsomeaolin 9 месяцев назад +3070

    you could also say that the reason she looks more like an adult in the prequel is because she hadn’t perfected the disguise yet

    • @nafiamaliat27
      @nafiamaliat27 9 месяцев назад +233

      That’s actually a great way to look at it!

    • @bellaknightR597
      @bellaknightR597 9 месяцев назад +71

      That's how I saw it

    • @EarlHodge-z8y
      @EarlHodge-z8y 9 месяцев назад +219

      Even better if we’re to assume that First Kill is from Esther’s perspective and Orphan 2009 is from the family’s perspective. Hence why she’s so believable as a child in their eyes

    • @lkntgkltrndfl
      @lkntgkltrndfl 9 месяцев назад +70

      it also works well bc maybe we see her more as an adult now that we're in the know, like how suddenly a picture changes when you point an aspect out. So now that we know Esther is a 30 smtg woman, her "adultness" becomes prominent, her developed facial structure and stretch of her skin become obvious. Barbora Škrlová passed for an unfortunate looking overweight boy pretty well. And about the disguise too, it's in this movie that Esther begins to bind her chest, and in between the two movies could've acquired and learnt to use makeup and lose weight to become scrawnier and smaller and makes sure to avoid her false teeth being seen. so it's just possible with a stretch of the imagination.

    • @josephnicolino8529
      @josephnicolino8529 9 месяцев назад +7

      Excellent point

  • @michaelio6548
    @michaelio6548 9 месяцев назад +6297

    Just pointing out, Natalia Grace was actually a child, and her abusive adoptive parents claimed she was an adult while knowing she wasn’t

    • @bellaknightR597
      @bellaknightR597 9 месяцев назад +68

      Wait, really?

    • @blueismylove3128
      @blueismylove3128 9 месяцев назад +695

      ​​@@bellaknightR597Yeah you should look into it. They legally changed her age then fled the country, knowing she was a child AND that there was going to be a language barrier given she didn't know English very well, because.....well she was a (not American) child.

    • @BaronVonBielski
      @BaronVonBielski 9 месяцев назад +134

      Yeah James literally said the opposite in this video which is kinda gross. Big mess up.

    • @arkhamwayne4566
      @arkhamwayne4566 9 месяцев назад +605

      @@BaronVonBielskiJames has corrected this in the pinned comment. This video was filmed and edited in mid-December, way before the new DNA evidence was found.

    • @mercedesdrake9113
      @mercedesdrake9113 9 месяцев назад +260

      @@BaronVonBielski james corrected himself in the pinned comment and on twitter. mistakes do happen.

  • @Barbarella.
    @Barbarella. 9 месяцев назад +2132

    I have to correct James on this, for the “real life” case of Natalia Grace, she was not actually a grown woman. She was a child with dwarfism that was abused by her adoptive family.
    The mother conditioned her into believing she was grown and somehow was able to reage her through the court. They abused her severally, pushing her down stairs, beating her, refusing surgeries, making her walk without shoes. And then sent her to live on her own when she was just 7 years old.
    Natalia’s birth mother has come forward to prove she was a child. And Natalia has even had a genetics/DNA test to prove she is the age her bio mother said. Natalia’s dentist said she had children’s teeth as well.
    Natalia has been fighting for justice and to put her adoptive parents behind bars. I recommend the series on Max

    • @tayloranderson7547
      @tayloranderson7547 9 месяцев назад +35

      Come forward to prove she was a child . And Natalie has even had a genetics / DNA test to prove she is the age her bio mother said . Natalies dentist said she had children's teeth as well . On max for real life

    • @skyblue2708
      @skyblue2708 9 месяцев назад +54

      And to that note, she was adopted by them in 2010 not even a full year after the original Orphan movie came out. Coincidence?

    • @d.pedroii2940
      @d.pedroii2940 9 месяцев назад +5

      why did her birth mother abandon her?

    • @XJIcequeen
      @XJIcequeen 9 месяцев назад +13

      This was corrected in a community post

    • @d.pedroii2940
      @d.pedroii2940 9 месяцев назад +42

      @@cynicaltruth7486 but it is lol

  • @sophiaisabelle01
    @sophiaisabelle01 9 месяцев назад +3152

    Isabelle Furhman portrayed Esther with ease and compassion. It somehow astounds me how much this film has accumulated in the box office.

    • @DodoRibeiro-ts6po
      @DodoRibeiro-ts6po 9 месяцев назад +84

      I think her performance here was better than the first one, also Julia Stiles playing the mom was unexpected a compelling character as well

    • @anaalicia5029
      @anaalicia5029 9 месяцев назад +21

      I can’t wait for Orphan 3!

    • @erichfiedler1481
      @erichfiedler1481 9 месяцев назад +13

      I don't recall this film being in theaters, I think you're referring to the original Orphan film, this was released on Paramount+

    • @anaalicia5029
      @anaalicia5029 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@DodoRibeiro-ts6po yeah, she’s _very_ different but just as good as Vera Farmiga. Great performances

    • @berrywhite1872
      @berrywhite1872 9 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@erichfiedler1481First Kill was also in theaters I went to go see it at my local theater

  • @deathpearl360
    @deathpearl360 6 месяцев назад +334

    Orphan: Terrible Dad but good mother and children
    Orphan First Kill: Good Dad but terrible mother and children.

    • @GODOFAWSOMENESS1
      @GODOFAWSOMENESS1 Месяц назад +4

      Was the dad terrible in the first movie? I don’t really remember him in the first one.

    • @JayS-w9w
      @JayS-w9w Месяц назад +15

      I think John was a terrible husband but a good father

    • @NubbyDubby
      @NubbyDubby 4 дня назад

      ​@@JayS-w9wnah, just a horribly stupid dad and a not even trying anymore husband

  • @superlonetv.2082
    @superlonetv.2082 9 месяцев назад +3053

    I thought a prequel could never pull off a twist even almost as wild as the first orphan but I was so wrong

    • @axelnilsson5124
      @axelnilsson5124 9 месяцев назад +38

      Technically the Fear Street sequels are prequels and they managed to pull off twists

    • @lissienicole7355
      @lissienicole7355 9 месяцев назад +60

      Literally, I was so worried about the prequel being a remake of things we already know, but when the twist came in I was like “oh wait! This is different!” XD

    • @brbaic9364
      @brbaic9364 9 месяцев назад +1

      Nothing in this prequel was surprising or shocking tho

    • @yoda5436
      @yoda5436 9 месяцев назад +25

      @@brbaic9364if you were expecting a twist like in the original than no not at all

    • @tayloranderson7547
      @tayloranderson7547 9 месяцев назад +10

      Prequel could never pull off a twist even almost as wild as the first orphan but I was so wrong

  • @NicoUnken
    @NicoUnken 9 месяцев назад +120

    I really love how the mother character wasn't just a victim in this! Most of the family were terrible people, in fact, aside from the husband. I love that this prequel did something new!

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 9 месяцев назад +1304

    Isabelle Furhman once again proves to be an amazing actress. It's so cool how they were able to pretty convincingly make her look as young as she was in the first film without any cgi. Make up and practical effects will always be more impressive. Julia Styles was also amazing, and I never would've seen that twist coming.

    • @watershipup7101
      @watershipup7101 9 месяцев назад +2

      Very much agreed

    • @genjis5155
      @genjis5155 9 месяцев назад +2

      Amen

    • @thusnameddigital9397
      @thusnameddigital9397 9 месяцев назад +2

      They're both so good.

    • @MaxxdOut313
      @MaxxdOut313 9 месяцев назад +15

      Uhhh... She looks like she's in her 20's, doing baby doll play.

    • @SanguinaryBlade
      @SanguinaryBlade 9 месяцев назад +15

      I mean... They did a really good job, and it looks better than it would have with CGI certainly, but also... She still just doesn't look like a child. Most people seem to disagree with me so I'm glad most can get immersed in it, but I just can't see her as looking like a child.

  • @PrinceMallow
    @PrinceMallow 9 месяцев назад +227

    I love how this prequel ended up making me root for Esther to best people that felt even more evil than she was. She's such a fun villain.

    • @genesisosuna
      @genesisosuna 4 месяца назад +4

      Idk, I was rooting for the Albright's even though I already knew their fates. Esther is pretty evil lol

  • @SplendidSuperman122
    @SplendidSuperman122 9 месяцев назад +1596

    I can actually forgive her looking older in this movie because since this is one of her first times pretending to be a kid she hasn’t mastered the art of looking exactly like one yet.

    • @SlasherHorrorMovies1
      @SlasherHorrorMovies1 9 месяцев назад +16

      Its not her first time pretending to be a kid. They talk about a family in the opening that took her in that she killed.

    • @SplendidSuperman122
      @SplendidSuperman122 9 месяцев назад +86

      @@SlasherHorrorMovies1 Notice I said, “One of her first times.” Not the first time.

    • @velvetunderbite
      @velvetunderbite 5 месяцев назад +7

      but like... her having more experience acting like a kid doesn't explain her LOOKING younger, just acting younger right? unless it's canon that she learned makeup techniques later on, which would make sense

    • @NubbyDubby
      @NubbyDubby 4 дня назад

      ​@@velvetunderbiteshe found a way to perfect the disguise and not only the act, duh 😑

  • @thaterinb245
    @thaterinb245 9 месяцев назад +154

    Julia Stiles is soooo good! I wish she took on more roles these days.

    • @edro51188
      @edro51188 9 месяцев назад +14

      She's truly an underrated actress. Julia was amazing in this movie

  • @DodoRibeiro-ts6po
    @DodoRibeiro-ts6po 9 месяцев назад +485

    Its safe to say Isabelle Fuhrman and Julia Stiles were in the same level of acting goodness. That twist was so unexpected and this is surprisingly one of the best prequel horror movies out there, which is a rarity these days

  • @Ericairline
    @Ericairline 9 месяцев назад +58

    It actually makes sense that she looks older in the prequel because at the end of the original she takes off her makeup and disguise to reveal her older appearance.

  • @nonoticarly8778
    @nonoticarly8778 9 месяцев назад +1106

    Natalia Grace was probably actually a child and not an adult like the adoptive parents claimed. Recently, DNA analysis, dental records and an endocrinologist’s evaluation show she was 9-11 years old. So the adoptive parents had a literal child's age changed from 9 to 22 years old and dumped her in an apartment while they moved to Canada

    • @bigbearkat2010
      @bigbearkat2010 9 месяцев назад +91

      So did Dr. Phil apologize for the whole "demon child" thing?

    • @baydiac
      @baydiac 9 месяцев назад +48

      Tbh it's easy to find out if someone is faking their age that way... if in a few years they're taller, they weren't faking it.
      Natalia's adoptive parents were absolutely unforgivable.

    • @nonoticarly8778
      @nonoticarly8778 9 месяцев назад +70

      @@baydiac Well she did have spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita which could affect her growth in certain ways, but I don't know enough about it to say more. She was also only about 9 or so, so she might not hit a growth spurt for a couple years

    • @stonerb0y420
      @stonerb0y420 9 месяцев назад +53

      Natalia Grace was born in 2003. Her biological mother was confirmed by a DNA test. Her adoptive parents abandoned her at 10 years old and legally changed her age to 22

    • @AndromedaVee
      @AndromedaVee 9 месяцев назад

      It’s actually just been proven over the last few days. They found her birth mother who had her birth records and the dna test came back to confirm it. She was born in like 2003

  • @JakeTheL3mur
    @JakeTheL3mur 9 месяцев назад +43

    I LOVE That they didnt Make her the Hero Unlike in Dont Breath 2 shes still a sick and Twisted Vile Person she just now has a Adversary

    • @ShavayD
      @ShavayD 7 месяцев назад +1

      Honestly

    • @donb7519
      @donb7519 6 месяцев назад +5

      Dont breath as a franchise feels so weird having such shitty people as its protagonists so they need to make the antagonists somehow even worse

  • @Donaldduck-ir8ik
    @Donaldduck-ir8ik 9 месяцев назад +1318

    I am actually amazed how they made her look like a nine year old I thought it would be really hard but they managed to pull it off and it looks great

    • @yfmace42
      @yfmace42 9 месяцев назад +24

      Not even

    • @RoxasPrime557
      @RoxasPrime557 9 месяцев назад +34

      No it doesn't, it looks like a 23 year old woman kneeling to maker herself look shorter (I know that's not what actually happened but it looks like it)

    • @magdaluxe_deluxe
      @magdaluxe_deluxe 9 месяцев назад +31

      honestly even if the effect didnt work, im glad they at least tried instead of using digital de-aging or just hiring another actress

    • @cheezyfilmsproductions1842
      @cheezyfilmsproductions1842 9 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@magdaluxe_deluxePlus these movies are camp as hell, and the weirdness of her looking like an adult adds to the hilarity. I prefer this one to the first in part because she looks old 😂

    • @LadyUndeath
      @LadyUndeath 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@cheezyfilmsproductions1842 I mostly agree with you. She definitely looks older than in the first film and doesn't pass for 9 at all. Although I find she has a very ambiguous face in the same way people say I do. For context- I'm 25 and about 50% of people guess me to be 23-26, while the other half presume something between 16-19.
      Honestly if I had watched this movie without knowing the Isabelle's age or the time elapsed between releases, I wouldn't know if she was in her mid teens or her early twenties.
      Also what you said about the uncanny valley feeling adding to the surrealness of the entire plot is spot on.

  • @Zenlore6499
    @Zenlore6499 9 месяцев назад +30

    The writing and delivery in this episode was great! 😂 Well done everybody!

  • @a.randomguy950
    @a.randomguy950 9 месяцев назад +381

    The plot twist with Tricia was a brilliant move, because not only was it unexpected, not only did it give Lena a worthy foe, but it makes the movies nature as a prequel more interesting. We knew Tricia, Gunner, and Alan die from the premise of the original movie, but learning about Tricia and Gunnet and what theyd done makes their deaths almost cathartic. And Alan dying of a genuine accident after all is said and done feels appropriately tragic for the sole Allbright who didn't do anything wrong. Ultimately you wind up being okay with Lena getting away with it all scot free because you know she gets hers two years later as justice for people like the detective or Anna, and Tricia and Gunner are so awful even compared to Lena its justice for them to lose to our favorite little serial killer

    • @SlasherHorrorMovies1
      @SlasherHorrorMovies1 9 месяцев назад +7

      One they dont mention the albrights in the og film so this was way before the Albright's. It needs a sequel about tge sullivan family she was adopted into cuz the Sullivan family was the first american family she was adopted into. And there was an estonian family that leeba was adopted into before first kill that they gotta also do.

    • @Army_Dog
      @Army_Dog 6 месяцев назад

      I've seen some people say that in this movie Esther is the hero

  • @parkermacinnis3977
    @parkermacinnis3977 9 месяцев назад +121

    Something they could do with a third Orphan movie would be to call it Orphans and have a family adopt multiple kids, Esther just being one of them, and she ends up not being the only psycho...

    • @tsifirakiehl4250
      @tsifirakiehl4250 9 месяцев назад +18

      Oh, I would definitely watch that.

    • @Montesama314
      @Montesama314 13 дней назад

      Ooh, a competition for the love of the parental figures between children whose instability and scheming is beyond their years... it could work.
      The only thing is that Leena/Esther is already dead in her first movie, so it would have to be another prequel if she were to be included.

    • @parkermacinnis3977
      @parkermacinnis3977 13 дней назад

      @@Montesama314 At least we think she's dead...

  • @thjy21399
    @thjy21399 9 месяцев назад +425

    There's been new updates in the Natalia Grace case that they referenced that inspired the prequel to happen! Turns out in August of last year, they confirmed that she was actually a child, and was abandoned by her adoptive family... Yikes!

    • @MrBriceside
      @MrBriceside 9 месяцев назад +26

      And an even newer update as well: Her newest adoptive family has come out and said very negative things about her, and accused her of “stabbing her family in the back.” What a freaking crazy story that continues to get even crazier!

    • @genghiscan2918
      @genghiscan2918 9 месяцев назад +1

      "Something ain't right with Natalia. This girl is tweakin'" Antwon can be heard claiming to producers. "I feel like she's the enemy in the house. And she said to us, we have held her hostage. Made us look like we're the enemy."
      "Natalia is stabbing her family in the back over a complete lie," Cynthia chimes in.
      "She's done other things too, but this was a new low," Antwon claims. "Natalia does not have emotions for nothing but herself. We're done. We're done with her."

    • @BaronVonBielski
      @BaronVonBielski 9 месяцев назад +13

      @@genghiscan2918what are you trying to prove? She was a child abandoned by her family at 9 years old. It’s evil.

    • @MrBriceside
      @MrBriceside 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@BaronVonBielski They weren’t trying to prove anything, they were just quoting the new family.

  • @stryker9255
    @stryker9255 9 месяцев назад +14

    James hopping off the chair gave me a hardy chuckle 😂 20:51

  • @kennethd4958
    @kennethd4958 9 месяцев назад +1124

    That case about the girl who was adopted... she was not an adult... they did a blood test and found she was actually 9 when her adoptive parents made her go live by herself. She was born in 2003. The parents are terrible terrible people.

    • @Bjaldes
      @Bjaldes 9 месяцев назад +114

      This. People be spreading abusive fake news, it is horrible

    • @mylife1221
      @mylife1221 9 месяцев назад +60

      and i was also shocked to find out they're the biological parents of that kid who was lauded as a math genius and went to college to study it when he was in middle school or something.
      EDIT: just found out, it was elementary school. tf?

    • @Jennifer-cs8lk
      @Jennifer-cs8lk 9 месяцев назад +81

      Thank you!!! I know it hasn't been that long since the video was posted but i wish there were more comments pointing this out. She was abused then abandoned by her awful adoptive "parents" and i can't imagine what it must feel like, having to process that trauma while people accuse her of being a psychopathic and homicidal adult despite ALL evidence pointing to her being a child all along. I hope she's doing okay and that she gets to really tell her side of the story in the new parts of the documentary series... poor girl. Even this year she'll be a year younger than those people claimed her to be when she was 9, i really hope she'll be alright in the end

    • @Jason_Voorhees6277
      @Jason_Voorhees6277 9 месяцев назад

      What are you talking about? She was an adult dwarf. There wasn't a blood test proving she was a child. Go troll somewhere else, don't ruin Dead Meat's comment section with your lies.

    • @harrykenyon9262
      @harrykenyon9262 9 месяцев назад +79

      I think by the time dead meat produced this the DNA test info wasn't public. Sure it's a new video but it takes a bit to create.

  • @MichelleChampagne2301
    @MichelleChampagne2301 9 месяцев назад +12

    The exterior of the Estonian mental hospital was filmed at my 3rd great grandfathers house that became into an orphanage that became a behavioural health foundation in Winnipeg

  • @thedreammweaver6274
    @thedreammweaver6274 9 месяцев назад +527

    About the real life story of the girl with a growth disorder being “actually an adult” if you look into that case it looks more like the adoptive parents made that up as an excuse to get away with abandoning her.
    Edit: glad they put a pinned comment correcting the information

    • @nuritlevy68
      @nuritlevy68 9 месяцев назад +19

      This precisely. There are however a few actual cases of grown adults (usually scammers) pretending to be children,the most horrific of which that comes to mind being the Klara Mauerova case - though whether Mauerova was actually "duped" into believing this/actually believed it,or not,is up for debate seeing as it was part of her defense. Please only google this case if you do have a strong stomach though as it does involve graphic details of severe child abuse.

    • @grung8864
      @grung8864 9 месяцев назад +12

      Luckily James corrected this mistake in a community post, so that’s nice

    • @tux_duh
      @tux_duh 9 месяцев назад +11

      Pinned comment, they edited this in mid December before that news came out a few days ago

    • @crystalm6692
      @crystalm6692 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah there’s undeniable evidence that she’s a child. Not only her birth certificate, but the age of her (DNA confirmed) bio mom as well. I’m actually really disappointed they neglected to even read the Wikipedia article before putting that misinformation in the video…. Poor girl…

    • @crystalm6692
      @crystalm6692 9 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@tux_duhThe DNA test linking her to her biological mom was available all the way back in 2020. A simple glance at the Wikipedia page would confirm the sources and their dates. From the beginning all of the evidence pointed to it being a fabrication, they shouldn’t have put it in the video at all imo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @kahrahnoel814
    @kahrahnoel814 9 месяцев назад +8

    13:15 "OH SHOOT, WHAT THE FRICK?" Oh James, you're so freaking hilarious.

  • @RossJW
    @RossJW 9 месяцев назад +104

    I honestly never thought that a prequel to Orphan would be able to pull off surprises and twists especially considering that we already knew the big reveal from the first movie! I was genuinely shook they managed to pull off the crazy twists and turns in this movie!

    • @GlitchyHalo
      @GlitchyHalo 9 месяцев назад +2

      Also heard a 3rd orphan movie is gonna be made the only thing that would make sense is if it’s a prequel of first kill maybe what got her put into saarne institute as Leena is dead in the first movie unless they are going off the alternate ending
      I doubt they would get Isabelle to play Leena/Esther again as she is now older and they had to do a lot of shit to make her younger

  • @Crypticbutton
    @Crypticbutton 9 месяцев назад +43

    Just a point of correction. The Natalia Grace case referenced here has been the subject of a 2023 documentary that proved that she was in fact a child at the time of her adoption.

  • @RG1Seven
    @RG1Seven 9 месяцев назад +41

    “She wants him she needs him, oh baby oh baby” 😂😂 the fact you quoted that, good lord we’re old man

  • @thatoneguyyouhate263
    @thatoneguyyouhate263 9 месяцев назад +9

    It’s great that you added that how they got made line in the intro, it’s good to let people know it’s not all about kills anymore, it’s about how these talented people made the movies we watch

  • @daltonbarnes3235
    @daltonbarnes3235 9 месяцев назад +140

    I first watched Orphan when it came out on DVD in 2009 (Yep, that long ago) and I was obsessed with it because of its character Esther/Leena. When I found out the prequel was being made by Paramount and Isabelle Furhman was returning as Esther, I was skeptical to see how they pulled it off considering Isabelle is a 20 year old young lady. And I gotta say they kicked ass with the effects of Esther still being a 10 year old. I give this movie a 9/10.

    • @daltonbarnes3235
      @daltonbarnes3235 9 месяцев назад +4

      Another thing: I was also stunned to find out Paramount was gonna produce this even though the first movie is owned by Warner Bros.

    • @skyofthelivingdead
      @skyofthelivingdead 9 месяцев назад +3

      She was actually like 25 when this was filmed, so even older. She was born in 97.

  • @courtneylynnd
    @courtneylynnd 9 месяцев назад +9

    The way, "Esther, single again..." had me CACKLING.

  • @bigshotfilms7741
    @bigshotfilms7741 9 месяцев назад +88

    I can't believe you never mentioned the most tragic death in the movie, the little rat buddy in the vents

  • @TheZombo
    @TheZombo 9 месяцев назад +53

    It still saddens me how in the real life case the parents saw the first orphan and made up this story about their child who was actually a kid and they even legally changed her name

  • @olga2you
    @olga2you 9 месяцев назад +295

    Hey in the real life case, the parents lied about her being an adult and she actually went through a lot of abuse at their hands. I think it’s worth mentioning to not further the false narrative.

    • @CChrissssssy
      @CChrissssssy 9 месяцев назад +5

      Read the pinned comment

  • @NomeDeArte
    @NomeDeArte 9 месяцев назад +9

    I really love that the first nurse which is going to be interview, after all that crap, is like "screw this job, I'm not going to work here". Almost like the protagonist in Barbarian, which is not oblivion of the danger.

  • @SwaggyG_2102
    @SwaggyG_2102 9 месяцев назад +114

    Even after 13 years have passed, Isabelle still manages to give off an amazing performance! 👏

  • @Endiiii
    @Endiiii 9 месяцев назад +16

    Man, your writing, pace and just overall quality of the script and jokes has improved so much. Loving all this energy man, keep at it!

  • @TimberWolf1000
    @TimberWolf1000 9 месяцев назад +139

    I feel bad for the husband, he lost his own daughter to his own son and his evil wife covered it up and not turning her own son in, such an evil family hiding this from the husband/father

  • @jamesbames4888
    @jamesbames4888 9 месяцев назад +4

    19:11 i appreciate the prom night 2 reference here lol

  • @traesouthon650
    @traesouthon650 9 месяцев назад +71

    whenever i see dead meat posted a video, i cant help watch and enjoy how wholesome you make horror movies:))

  • @EvanKrotzer
    @EvanKrotzer 9 месяцев назад +9

    James, you need to do Brandon Lee’s “The Crow” I know it’s not exactly a horror film it’s more of a thriller but still an excellent film with excellent kills.

  • @misskyliesue
    @misskyliesue 9 месяцев назад +56

    I don't think the de-aging was as successful as the team hoped it would be, but I feel like a majority of this film was more impressive than the first one. Isabelle Furhman and Julia Stiles are outstanding in it.

    • @mandie492
      @mandie492 4 месяца назад +1

      I agree, when I first saw the movie I could tell that Esther/Leena was very clearly not a child but honestly the acting was so engrossing I found I didn't care lol

  • @BlackCatFilmProductions
    @BlackCatFilmProductions 9 месяцев назад +9

    I'm impress how they relied on handmade effects, makeup, body doubles and amazing time with their scenes here then on CGI. Some filmmakers have objected to using CGI for its take away something in the production. Also it takes me back to how filmmaking started, where you use your creativity more to created movies.

  • @popstarprincess6558
    @popstarprincess6558 9 месяцев назад +40

    Isabelle Furhman is a literal star! I saw the movie before this kill count and my mom and I loved it!

  • @DidYouLockieTheHouseUp
    @DidYouLockieTheHouseUp 8 месяцев назад +8

    1:16 THE BOIIIIIII

  • @RoxasPrime557
    @RoxasPrime557 9 месяцев назад +72

    James, Natalia Grace was recently found to be an actual child at the time. Her adoptive parents lied and accused a child of being a monster and then abandoned her. A blood test proves that now she is only 20 so she would have been 7-10 years old when she was adopted.

    • @CChrissssssy
      @CChrissssssy 9 месяцев назад +2

      Read the pinned comment

  • @Spectre021
    @Spectre021 9 месяцев назад +5

    5:18 Loved the Chris Jericho reference

  • @HunterEQGtribute
    @HunterEQGtribute 9 месяцев назад +22

    I’m glad you kill counted the prequel too. Isabelle did amazing with her role again. I’m glad that had her reprise her role as Esther even though she had grown since then.

  • @JonesWalker-rf7re
    @JonesWalker-rf7re 9 месяцев назад +12

    It’s really cool to see Isabelle can still mail this character so well after all these years after the first one came out

  • @Kaitenn_
    @Kaitenn_ 9 месяцев назад +23

    The Childish Gambino Line killed me 16:30 😂

  • @stilesstilinski9640
    @stilesstilinski9640 9 месяцев назад +6

    Esther went from main antagonist to main protagonist. WE LOVE TO SEE IT.

  • @GothicSarah543
    @GothicSarah543 9 месяцев назад +9

    Lol 13:21 “Mummy!” I love how she says it

  • @AlexC-dr1vk
    @AlexC-dr1vk 9 месяцев назад +5

    I think Isabelle Furhman is just outstanding in this. I loved the forced perspective shots! It really made it seem like the first one in that aspect.

  • @packnetadaija
    @packnetadaija 9 месяцев назад +45

    Honestly I was surprised how well Isabelle killed it however many years later, like even though she was a full blown adult she managed to do a great job!

  • @thewrathofdumbledore4867
    @thewrathofdumbledore4867 7 месяцев назад +2

    20:04 watching this part hit like a truck, just the realization was so well put together

  • @moonwalker8391
    @moonwalker8391 9 месяцев назад +17

    10:45 😂god that line had me cackling. Also i absolutely loved this episode, couldn't think of a better kill count for the new year

  • @TheodosiaNova
    @TheodosiaNova 9 месяцев назад +2

    I'm glad you added the tid bit about how they're made at the beginning! I've told so many friends to check out your channel for that main reason, plus some are self-described "weenies" how can't sit through even pretty tame horror but want to know about the movies/special effects in them. Great vid and great channel! :D

  • @denisematthews6215
    @denisematthews6215 9 месяцев назад +15

    Such a clever prequel! Acting was great! Furhman and Stiles were top notch! When I first heard about this, I never thought it would work ; but man, what a ride from start to finish!

  • @JustinTaylor-n4q
    @JustinTaylor-n4q 9 месяцев назад +3

    "Mummy 😮" "the fuck are u looking at" 🔫

  • @dracowolf2081
    @dracowolf2081 9 месяцев назад +58

    Regarding that real life event, wasn't it recently confirmed that the child was a child and was found to have dwarfism. I believe the parents are arrested for what they did to the child.

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Месяц назад +1

    Leena's look at the house around 11:40 like she's thinking, "I should leave, but I can't resist that sheer dilf energy," makes me chuckle a bit.
    Her psychological complex keeps her motivated to plan her way to her goals, but it also makes her unable to resist the pursuit of a dad even when her plans start falling apart.

  • @brandongamingtv7545
    @brandongamingtv7545 9 месяцев назад +8

    18:37 although, from my research, i did learnt something pretty interesting: Since fencing stemmed from war and duels of death, it is natural for people to assume there is danger involved. However, in the 121 years of modern Olympic-style fencing, there have only been eight instances of death, the most notable of which was Soviet fencer Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov.

  • @timeflys3248
    @timeflys3248 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love the "it Winnipeg you idiot" reference. I was in the crowd the night Jericho said that. It was hilarious.

  • @Hobnob21
    @Hobnob21 9 месяцев назад +25

    Esther is one character who makes me nervous. Shes terrifying

  • @s.archer1902
    @s.archer1902 9 месяцев назад +2

    The way “tries to Frank Underwood her” made my whole past tunnel backward in front of my eyes, I watched house of cards in high school and no one talks about it 😭

  • @Gh0stface95
    @Gh0stface95 9 месяцев назад +14

    After this movie, I'm convinced Julia Stiles would play a great Ghostface in "SCREAM 7". I think she'd be like Mrs. Loomis and she'd do it great.

  • @mickyjoe97
    @mickyjoe97 9 месяцев назад +2

    The twist with Julia Stiles genuinely shook me lol. My jaw was on the floor when she shot that guy

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 9 месяцев назад +21

    Happy new year guys! Esther is a great villain

  • @ChildOfTheFence_
    @ChildOfTheFence_ 9 месяцев назад +3

    Alright, the late TITLE CARD got me, I was so confused for a bit 😂

  • @vernicys-shell
    @vernicys-shell 9 месяцев назад +12

    Yo this channel is the reason I watched my first horror movie and now I can't stop thanks for getting me into this genre

  • @lucasblanchard47
    @lucasblanchard47 3 месяца назад +1

    4:25 their heights when she disappears and peeks out from behind the locker are VASTLY different 😂

  • @mrosegold
    @mrosegold 9 месяцев назад +7

    "It's a damn museum! They have eggs!!!!" 😂😂😂

  • @ExplosiveT-5
    @ExplosiveT-5 9 месяцев назад +1

    I'm glad you specifically address the "How they are made" part of this series. It's what convinced me to keep watching what I thought was only another recap channel.
    1. Great work.
    2. I may have accidentally binged almost the entire "KILL COUNT" series in November and I want you to know that.

  • @moistwrmonastring1017
    @moistwrmonastring1017 9 месяцев назад +14

    I got to see the premiere in 2022 with my mother! It was extremely fun, I really enjoyed seeing it with her after our love of the original

  • @lucasstein5447
    @lucasstein5447 9 месяцев назад +2

    5:18
    From one wrestling fan to another, nice!👍

  • @TheRayThai
    @TheRayThai 9 месяцев назад +21

    Despite it being over a decade later, they did pretty well with the editing to make Isabelle look like a child.

  • @bajablast777
    @bajablast777 6 месяцев назад +1

    That to the Numbers Bit is GOATED Lol

  • @SCF721
    @SCF721 9 месяцев назад +8

    "It's Winnipeg you idiot!" Gotta love those slick WWE references 😂

  • @TheDimensionDweller
    @TheDimensionDweller 9 месяцев назад +6

    Best of luck on your quest to have a lot of Kill Counts this year! It'll be a lot of work for you and your team but I'm excited to see what horror movies it may introduce me to. I really do love learning what goes into making these movies

  • @Azazeal797
    @Azazeal797 9 месяцев назад +20

    It’s strange how this movie simultaneously made me feel bad for and angry at Esther

  • @medeucaa
    @medeucaa 6 месяцев назад +2

    That random “this is america” bar gave me whiplash😂

  • @HeyheyandAwesomedudeutbegaming
    @HeyheyandAwesomedudeutbegaming 9 месяцев назад +5

    5:18, as a wrestling fan I seriously appreciate the Chris Jericho entrance

  • @karmallarma5871
    @karmallarma5871 Месяц назад +1

    I really appreciate the fact that they realized they couldn't pull off the tense, slow-burn, considered twist in the first movie, so just beelined it completely in the other direction and made the most psychotic, out-of-left-field sequel imaginable. Me and my best friend went and saw it at the cinema and we were the only two people there, and we were howling throughout the whole thing. One of the best cinema experiences of my life. My only complaint would be that this felt much more like the premise for a mini-series rather than a movie- there's so much potential material for two serial killers pretending to be a family that it almost feels wasted in a 100 minute movie.

  • @IY2KI
    @IY2KI 9 месяцев назад +6

    HER ROYAL RUMBLE ENTRANCE MUSIC WHATTTTTTTTTTT LOLLLLLLLL 9:12

  • @rileytipper5110
    @rileytipper5110 9 месяцев назад +1

    That numbers bit was phenomenal, my favourite in a while. I was not expecting James to just hop of the Chair like that 😂

  • @LerchStudios
    @LerchStudios 9 месяцев назад +6

    dude i actually died laughing when james got up and he ended up being 3'2

  • @TheStormBolt-gf8qi
    @TheStormBolt-gf8qi 9 месяцев назад

    Yesss about time can’t wait for ORPHAN 3

  • @bigcurtbaseball2556
    @bigcurtbaseball2556 9 месяцев назад +7

    Love the Jericho reference at 5:20 😂

  • @HayleySadler
    @HayleySadler 9 месяцев назад +2

    orphan first kill is the only movie that has you rooting for the villain 😂

  • @jaquebus
    @jaquebus 9 месяцев назад +5

    THE GOING TO THE KILLS SENT ME💀💀💀💀

  • @Je-s-s-e_J-a-m-e-s
    @Je-s-s-e_J-a-m-e-s 9 месяцев назад +1

    “I hate all the orphans in the whole worl.” - Steven Esqueleto

  • @edyoung2621
    @edyoung2621 9 месяцев назад +7

    Esther is amazing. One of the most underrated villains ever

  • @hayhay509
    @hayhay509 9 месяцев назад +2

    "THEY GOT EGGS!" you KNOW a house is rich when they got eggs!

  • @Sarahonwheels
    @Sarahonwheels 9 месяцев назад +18

    Happy New Year! And congratulations on Zoran on becoming a future dad

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Месяц назад +1

    "Do that again, and I'll kill you like I killed Esther."
    SLAP
    It's like they WANT to piss Leena off.

  • @Thatonehorrormoviefan
    @Thatonehorrormoviefan 9 месяцев назад +4

    5:11
    “THERE’S SOMEONE IN THE BACKSEAT!!!”

  • @cheeseballs8908
    @cheeseballs8908 6 месяцев назад +4

    12:02 I was waiting for a reference

  • @ciinelaura
    @ciinelaura 9 месяцев назад +8

    i just jumped out of my seat! was so looking forward to this kill count!

  • @Ink_For_Life
    @Ink_For_Life 9 месяцев назад +2

    As a fencer I can confirm we do shoot each other with crossbows