Dread vs The Orphanage
The Orphanage has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.5/10 for Dread). The Orphanage is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 48m. The Orphanage is the older of the two (2007 against 2009). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dread
The Orphanage| Dread | The Orphanage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | Spain |
| Director | Anthony DiBlasi | J.A. Bayona |
| Main cast | Shaun Evans, Laura Donnelly, Paloma Faith, Jackson Rathbone, Elissa Dowling | Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Belén Rueda, Mabel Rivera, Edgar Vivar |
Synopsis
Dread
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
The Orphanage
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
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