The 2009 horror gut-punch Orphan shattered the "cute kid" myth with Esther, that pigtailed predator who's secretly a 33-year-old menace hell-bent on hijacking a family for her own bloody throne—complete with axe swings and identity swaps that make adoption look like a horror franchise pitch.
Plot twist: Isaiah's "a child shall lead them" prophecy gets flipped into a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing manifesto, where innocence is the ultimate con. Lean into the creep: own the orphan's edge, 'cause in pop culture's dark nursery, the little ones always call the shots on chaos.
