10 Horror Reveals Nobody Was Ready For
2. Esther Was Really A Middle-Aged Woman - Orphan
The big reveal of 2009's Orphan was somewhat of a double whammy for horror hounds.
First and foremost, we found out that the titular young orphan at the centre of the movie was actually a 33-year-old woman with a hormone disorder. That in itself was a startling revelation, but before that knowledge we had to watch the extremely uncomfortable moment that this supposed 9-year-old tried to seduce the man who had adopted her.
Thankfully, Peter Sarsgaard's John spurned the advances of the deranged Esther - although not so thankfully for him, this pint-sized psycho then stabbed John to death.
A broken neck and an icy demise were in the future of Esther - or Leena Klammer, as is the character's real name - but Orphan had done more than enough to make audiences sit up and take notice way before its closing act saw its headline act killed off.
What started off a disturbing tale of a child who likes to kill animals and torture other children, was flipped on its head and turned up to a whole other level of shocking by the time Orphan's second half kicked into gear.