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The Orphanage

(El orfanato, J.A. Bayona, 2007, Spain/Mexico) 

Introduced by George Wolf, Columbus film critic

A child stands in a dark room with a spooky mask over their head.
Jul 17, 2025 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$8 members and adults 55 and over
$10 general public
$5 students
Free for Ohio State students

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This Guillermo del Toro–produced modern classic earns its scares the hard way, with aesthetics and unbearable tension.

Fueled by her happy memories of growing up in a seaside orphanage, a woman and her husband decide to purchase her childhood home and turn it into a home for children with disabilities. Shortly after they move in, with the aid of their adopted clairvoyant seven-year-old son and a professional medium (the great Geraldine Chaplin), they discover that the building is home to a number of unquiet spirits. The movie builds to unsettling creepy images and white-knuckle tension, including a memorable séance scene. The Orphanage is the debut film of J. A. Bayona, who has gone on to a successful Hollywood career while still making notable Spanish movies (most recently the Oscar-nominated Society of the Snow). In Spanish with English subtitles. (105 mins., DCP)

Goreometer: 2 / 4
Atmospheric tension and creepy children.

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The Orphanage, courtesy Warner Bros.

"Good old-fashioned horror in the best possible way, this is a beautifully told, terrifying ghost story that lingers with you long after the shivers have stopped."
Empire Magazine

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About the speaker

George Wolf

An Ohio native and Ohio State graduate, George Wolf has been a radio personality in Columbus for over 30 years. With a lifelong love of film, he began reviewing professionally for a Columbus paper in 2008, then moved online with the launch of maddwolf.com in 2012. Since then, Wolf and his wife Hope Madden have added TV and podcasts to their array of film coverage. In addition to loving movies, Wolf is a big sports and music fan and never misses a chance to get on a fishing boat in the Florida Keys or out for a ride on his Harley.

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The Orphanage

Jul 17, 2025 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$8 members and adults 55 and over
$10 general public
$5 students
Free for Ohio State students

For ticketing questions please call the Visitor Desk at (614) 292-3535.

A limited number of listening devices are available upon request.

If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Visit our Accessibility page to learn more.

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