Esther is back! ‘Orphan: First Kill‘ serves as a prequel to the 2009 film ‘Orphan‘. Directed by William Brent Bell, this prequel movie tells the story of how Esther conned her way to America. The filmmaker expressed interest in exploring a darker third installment that would complete a full story of Esther. ‘Orphan‘ first introduced Esther, a creepy young girl that poses as an orphan for adoption. Shockingly she is actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer. A glandular issue means that Leena did not grow beyond her 12th birthday and has kept her youthful looks since.
‘Orphan: First Kill‘ immediately introduces Leena as the most high-risk patient at an Estonian psychiatric facility. Using her intelligence and innocent looks, Leena escapes and goes on the run. Leena eventually finds the profile of Esther Albright, a young American girl who had been missing for four years, who is almost her perfect lookalike. Pretending to be Esther, Leena is met at the American Embassy in Moscow to be taken home by her mother Tricia Albright. Esther’s father, Allen, finds hope now that Esther has returned, but not everyone in the family is pleased.
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‘Orphan: First Kill’ Big Twist
The longer Leena poses as Esther, the stranger things get, leading to a huge twist that is nail-biting. Tricia and her son, Gunnar Albright knew all along that Leena wasn’t Esther. Tricia strikes a deal that Leena that will continue to pose as Esther because it makes Allen happy to have his daughter back, if she refuses then Tricia would hand her over to the police. But the deal with the devil never lasts. Leena tries to push Tricia and Gunnar in front of a train but is thwarted when she bumps into a stranger.
Due to these extreme actions, Tricia and Gunnar plan to kill Leena while Allen is away for work. The mother-son duo plans to make her death look like a suicide, but Lena escapes. With Tricia momentarily distracted, Leena finds herself facing off Gunnar and brutally kills her so-called brother with a crossbow and fencing sword. Seeing her son’s dead body Tricia is devasted and scuffles with Leena in the kitchen, which leads to the house being set blazing.
The pair scuffle their way to the roof of the house to avoid the fire when a shocked Allen finally returns home. Tricia and Leena are clinging to the roof when Allen runs up to help them. He only has time to save one. Tricia tries to explain to Allen, that Leena is not really their daughter, Esther. But bewildered, Allen tries to save Esther and Tricia falls to her gruesome death. Assuming she now finally has a chance at romance with Allen, Leena reveals that she is not Esther. Resulting in Allen reacting badly, so Leena pushes him to his death.
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What Happened To The Real Esther?
Halfway through the movie, Tricia realizes that the Esther she brought home, is not her long-lost daughter. Instead, it is a 30-year-old woman suffering from a glandular issue that contributed to her proportional dwarfism. When Leena is on the run, and to avoid getting caught she plans something even more disturbing. Leena searches the internet to find a missing child whose identity she can steal. She eventually finds the profile of Esther Albright, a young American girl who had been missing for four years, who is almost her perfect lookalike. Was Esther really missing?
Here’s what happened. The real Esther Albright was killed by her brother Gunnar in a tragic accident. Gunnar often played too roughly with his younger sister, which eventually ended in this tragic consequences. To protect her son, Tricia helped cover up Esther’s death by claiming she went missing. All the while Allen was kept in the dark, so he truly believed that his daughter was out there somewhere, which explains his attachment to Leena’s Esther when she flew over from Europe.
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