“Orphan: First Kill” (*** out of four) was a chilling prequel to the original showing how the murderous Ester (Isabelle Fuhrman) escaped from an Estonian psychiatric facility and ingratiated herself with a loving family but the matriarch (Julia Stiles) senses from the beginning that something isn’t quite right. Unnecessary follow-up to the 2009 original but having said that, it’s well-made, features some scares, and Fuhrman again delivers another strong, creepy performance. Impressive digital de-aging made Furhman look exactly the same as in the original.

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