Line #122 Characters/Orphan


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5	!!Esther / Leena Klammer
6	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/IsabelleFuhrman
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8	* AbusiveParents: Forms part of her [[RapeAsBackstory backstory]] in the original script, [[FreudianExcuse explaining why she is so screwed up]]. [[spoiler: After her birth mother died of AIDS, she was sexually molested by her father from a very early age, which left her unable to have children of her own. When her father eventually took a lover, he told Leena that it was because of her condition and the fact that she could never be a real woman. Leena murdered them both and was sent to the Saarne Institute as a result.]] [[spoiler: Because of that, upon tricking a family into adopting her, she would constantly try to find love where she thought she had it as a child - [[ParentalIncest with the father.]]]]
9	* AgeInappropriateDress: At one point, she attempts to seduce John wearing a cocktail dress and a face full of heavy makeup, only for John to be horrified and disgusted because no matter what she wears, she's still his ''adoptive daughter''. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted upon the reveal of her true age.]]
10	* AxCrazy: As stated by [[spoiler:Dr. Värava, Leena was the most violent patient in the mental hospital, always trying to hurt the other patients and staff, resulting in the majority of her time being spent in a straitjacket. Her signature scars came from trying to break out of it.]]
11	* BigBad: Her psychopathy towards the family is the driving conflict of the film. [[spoiler:This is subverted in the prequel - despite seeming this way at first, about halfway through Tricia and Gunnar Albright are revealed to have been EvilAllAlong, and Esther becomes closer to a VillainProtagonist.]]
12	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She can be polite and charming, but it's all just an act. She starts dropping the act more and more as the film goes on.
13	* BloodIsTheNewBlack: [[spoiler: Her face is covered in blood when she kills Sister Abigail and when fighting Kate over the frozen pond.]]
14	* BludgeonedToDeath: Uses a claw hammer to murder [[spoiler: Sister Abigail.]]
15	* BrainyBrunette: While her WiseBeyondTheirYears tendencies are justified [[spoiler: by the fact she is not an actual child, even as an adult, her RenaissanceMan and EvilGenius skills are pretty impressive.]]
16	* ChildProdigy: At first, she appears to be an incredibly gifted, talented, and mature young girl, if a bit weird. [[spoiler: As it turns out though, she [[OlderThanTheyLook isn't isn't really a young girl]] at all.]]
17	* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards [[spoiler: her adoptive father John, to the point where she resorts to attempted murder and manipulation to have him all to herself]].
18	* CoolBigSis: Deconstructed. She at first appears to be a loving big sister figure to Max, but she gradually shows she isn't above including Max in her messed-up schemes or even harming her. But when you realize [[spoiler:Leena can't have children due to her dwarfism rending her sterile]], it makes sense at her acting like a "big sister" [[spoiler:due to the fact she'll never have children, something she always wanted to have]]. Even as Max is aware of her true colors, Esther acts like a mother would, hugging her and kissing her forehead. The "big sister" face officially goes out the window once Esther hits her VillainousBreakdown and tries to kill Max when she [[spoiler:witnessed her killing John]].
19	* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Subverted, since she's really thirty-three years old. She's still way creepy, though.]]
20	* CuteAndPsycho: Appears to be a charming and polite little girl... [[spoiler: but she's really a dangerous adult sociopath.]]
21	* DaddysGirl: A very dark example. [[spoiler: She plans to be this to the patriarchs by tearing their families apart so she can have them all to herself for lustful reasons and murdering them if they reject her]].
22	* DarkActionGirl: Perfectly able to fight and kill people who get in her way. [[spoiler:[[EvilVersusEvil She even manages to defeat the equally dark Tricia Albright]]]].
23	* DarkIsEvil: Aside from her dark hair, her clothes tend to be dark-colored in later scenes of the movie, especially after her dark nature is revealed.
24	* DepravedDwarf: [[spoiler: Her true identity is a 33-year-old woman who, due to a rare hormone disorder, is stuck in the body of a young girl. She desperately wishes to "grow up" and become a wife, mother, and lover - by any means necessary.]]
25	* DeathGlare: Creator/IsabelleFuhrman is an absolute ''champion'' at those.
26	* {{Determinator}}: Put it this way: if this girl wants something in her favor, she will do all she can to ensure it. Up to and including ''breaking her own arm'' as a WoundedGazelleGambit.
27	* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Kate's Protagonist and Max's Tritagonist. Kate is the point of view character, Esther is her main foil/antagonist, and surprisingly CuteMute little child Max ends up outshining both her father and brother throughout the movie.
28	* DisproportionateRetribution: She broke a little girl's leg just because she made fun of her clothes.
29	* TheDogBitesBack: In the original script where she [[spoiler:kills her incestuous father]].
30	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has dark brown hair, pale skin, and an overall creepy demeanor.
31	* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: The "enfant" part is subverted, however, after the reveal]].
32	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even she [[spoiler: finds the Albrights despicable - given that she is absolutely disgusted when Tricia tells her the truth behind the real Esther's disappearance so much so that she's willing to just initially ditch them and run off rather than seek revenge until they drag her back.]]
33	* EvilGenius: Vicious, but extremely intelligent. Her talents include piano playing, painting, and manipulation.
34	* EvilIsPetty: Esther might be scarily intelligent for a nine-year-old, but that doesn't at all make her a competent criminal. Her crimes are impulsive and myopic, with Esther taking [[MurderIsTheBestSolution heinous, sometimes homicidal measures]] to give her immediate relief from problems any sane adult knows could solved in more mundane ways. [[spoiler:Made all the more disturbing after TheReveal.]]
35	* EvilOrphan: What she ''really'' is. [[spoiler: Even after TheReveal, she may still qualify, considering she ''[[SelfMadeOrphan murdered her adoptive father]]''.]]
36	* TheFakeCutie: Could be the poster girl for this trope. She acts sweet and innocent on the outside, [[spoiler: but is dangerous and violent on the inside]].
37	* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: {{Lust}}]]. She will not settle for just HappilyAdopted nor accept that [[spoiler: the patriarchs have very good reasons for not giving to her seductions]].
38	* FauxAffablyEvil: She can be nice when she wants to be, but it's all just an act.
39	* FilleFatale: [[spoiler: Or so you think, since you know, she's not a child after all.]]
40	* FreakOut: After her appointment with Dr. Browning, Esther locks herself in a toilet stall and proceeds to kick and the walls of the stall while screaming hysterically. [[spoiler: It makes sense that at that moment, she fears Dr. Browning and her adoptive parents discovering her secret]].
41	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Esther's fixation on her adoptive father is noticeable very early on in the film but doesn't take a sinister turn until much later.
42	* ForTheEvulz: She spends the [[spoiler:final shootout trying to kill the harmless Max, ignoring the more looming threat of Kate above her. By the time she tries to amend this, it's too late.]]
43	* FreudianExcuse: In the original script, her past was explained more in depth. [[spoiler: Leena's mother died when she was young, and her father sexually abused her her whole childhood, rending her infertile. She was diagnosed with hypopituitarism, a rare hormonal disorder that caused proportional dwarfism, making her stuck in the body of a child. Once her father found a new lover, he told her she'd never be a real woman, which caused her to go insane and killed her father and his girlfriend in rage. She was then sent to the Saarne Institute, where she was kept in a straitjacket that gave her scars due to being too violent. She escaped and turned to a prostitution trade to find love through wealthy pedophiles. Once she was arrested, she pretended to be a child and was sent to an orphanage. Ever since, Leena tries to find love through her adoptive fathers, since it's all she's ever known, but is always rejected due to looking like a child.]]
44	* FreudianThreat: Also doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Being an adult woman with sexual abuse in her past, of course Esther knows what a man's genitals are for]].
45	--> '''Esther:''' ''(holding a box cutter between Danny's legs)'' If I find out that you're lying, I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what it's for.
46	* GirlishPigtails: She's seen wearing pigtails several times (most notably during the hospital scene) [[spoiler:to add to her innocent little girl facade.]]
47	* HairTriggerTemper: She has a terrifying temper that she hides from the Coleman family [[spoiler: at first]].
48	* HarmfulToMinors: Oh boy, where to start. [[spoiler: After murdering Sister Abigail, Esther forces Max to help her move the body and hide the evidence, threatens Daniel into keeping quiet about what he saw, later sets his treehouse on fire with him inside in an attempt to kill him. As if that isn't enough, she also attempts to smother Daniel in the hospital and tries to kill Max after her identity as Leena is revealed.]]
49	* HeartwarmingOrphan: Exploited by Esther to have the Colemans adopt her, [[EvilOrphan as it couldn't be far away from the truth]].
50	* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: When John refuses to give into her advances, she decides to kill him and the rest of the Coleman family. The doctor that informs Kate of Esther's true identity tells her that she did a similar thing with another adoptive family.]]
51	* IJustWantToBeLoved: Her ultimate objective, who unfortunately always fails due to [[spoiler:Leena being a 33-year-old dwarf stuck in a 9-year-old body, causing her to be always rejected by men due to her child appearance and never being able to find a loving and stable relationship with a man]].
52	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She destroyed at least two families for her own selfish lust over the patriarchs and dies at the hands of her latest matriarch victim. After everything she's done to the emotionally unstable Kate, she really should've known better than to try and manipulate her again]].
53	* KickTheDog:
54	** Esther cutting the flowers that Kate and John's stillborn child's ashes were scattered over and presenting them to the former in a bouquet.
55	** Esther reading excerpts from Kate's diary (regarding her miscarriage and stillbirth of her last biological child) out loud.
56	* LightIsNotGood:
57	** Esther happens to be a good example of this, being that she seems to be a sweet and innocent girl on the outside, but is a [[spoiler: psychotic, sociopathic, 33-year-old serial killer on the inside]]. This is reflected in her style of dress as she starts off the film wearing light-colored clothing, but as her darker nature is revealed, her dresses reflect that. [[spoiler: This is most notable in the scene where she tries to seduce John wearing a black cocktail dress, and then after her reveal as Leena, a dark shirt and pants for the rest of the film.]]
58	** Her paintings add to this as well. At first glance, they're the work of a talented young prodigy. [[spoiler: But when viewed under black lighting, they reveal dark and disturbing characteristics.]]
59	* LittleBlackDress: See AgeInappropriateDress.
60	* LoveHungry: Esther[[spoiler:/Leena]] [[spoiler: [[IJustWantToBeLoved wants to be loved so badly]] that she is willing to lie, manipulate, and kill to get what she wants.]]
61	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Justified once you realize [[spoiler: she can't get a real relationship with a man due to being an adult stuck in a child's body.]] Of course that it'd get frustrating. Unfortunately, she's an AxCrazy sociopath...
62	* MadArtist: She is very skilled in painting, which is how the Colemans first notice her at the orphanage. [[spoiler: However, she uses a black light to represent her true nature.]]
63	* ManipulativeBitch: Was very successful in manipulating the entire family into thinking that she is a sweet and innocent little girl, to the point where she causes a rift in John and Kate's marriage. Danny is the only one who doesn't buy it.
64	* MeaningfulName: Her real name, [[spoiler:Leena]], means "she that allures". Which fits her to a T considering she [[spoiler:only wants to be loved and tries seducing her adoptive father to get to that goal]].
65	* MurderTheHypotenuse: All of Esther's actions in this film have in mind the [[spoiler: ultimate death of Kate, Danny ''and'' Max so that she can have John all to herself]].
66	* TheNapoleon: [[spoiler: Leena Klammer is a grown woman trapped in the body of a child, and it disgusts her. Her ultimate goal is to "grow up" and become what she views as a "real woman."]]
67	* NeckSnap: [[spoiler: How she dies at the end of the film when Kate kicks her into the icy water.]]
68	* NotGoodWithRejection: [[spoiler: She killed her adoptive fathers when they refused her advances, along with the other family members, before burning down their houses.]] [[spoiler: She succeeds in doing the same with John but is killed by Kate before she can harm the rest of the Colemans.]]
69	* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice: She is a DeliberatelyCuteChild in little Victorian dresses and pigtails - and [[spoiler:she's also a grown woman who's plotting to massacre her new family so she can have the father all to herself.]]
70	* ObfuscatingStupidity: In early scenes, she pretends to be unable to play piano and accepts Kate's lessons.
71	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: She may appear to be nine years old, but she is really a psychotic thirty-three-year-old serial killer suffering from a hormonal disorder that keeps her stuck in the body of a young girl.]]
72	* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: Her main goal is to have a romantic relationship with John and her previous adoptive fathers.]] [[spoiler: In the original script, this is because she was sexually abused by her birth father and made to believe this was normal.]]
73	* PetTheDog: For all her many, many, ''many'' faults, she is kind to the mouse in the second film - treating it as a beloved pet. Her killing of the pigeon injured by Daniel was also effectively a MercyKill, though still painted as TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior.
74	* PintsizedPowerhouse: She has a body of a 9-year-old girl [[spoiler: and the strength of a 33-year-old woman]].
75	* PrecisionFStrike: "I know, they fuck."
76	* PyroManiac: Before Daniel can tell Kate and John about [[spoiler: Esther killing Sister Abigail]], she sets fire to his treehouse with him inside. [[spoiler: After murdering her prior adoptive families, she also burned down their houses to hide the evidence.]]
77	* PsychopathicWomanchild: [[spoiler: Has a touch of this in her VillainousBreakdown near the climax of the movie, and it helps that she looks like a child on top of that. She also expresses her desires much like a young child would through her paintings, including ones of the Colemans dying in ways that vary from the horrific to the cartoonish.]]
78	* RapeAsBackstory: Look at AbusiveParents and DarkAndTroubledPast.
79	* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: Even though she's only in her thirties, Leena has a set of rotten teeth hidden by a pair of dentures. Of course, in the prequel, she is seen smoking cigarettes.]]
80	* RenaissanceMan: A twisted example. She is talented at painting, a piano virtuoso, presumably trilingual and immediately able to learn sign language to communicate with a deaf girl, and also able to use manipulation and violence to hurt and kill people who cross her. She is good at almost everything [[spoiler:except seducing men.]]
81	* ReplacementGoldfish: The Coleman family '''really''' should have just gotten a puppy to replace their stillborn.
82	* RoomFullOfCrazy: Done rather creatively. Look at all those pretty paintings she made! Wait... Oh, dear God...
83	* ScarsAreForever: Those ribbons around her neck and wrists aren't just for show. [[spoiler:They hide the scars she received while struggling against her straitjacket in the mental hospital.]]
84	* TheScream: Esther lets out a bloodcurdling one when Brenda touches her ribbons.
85	* SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl: A very polite girl who likes to wear old-fashioned dresses, even at school. [[spoiler: She drops them by the end of the movie when she tries to seduce John wearing a slinky black cocktail dress and heavy makeup.]]
86	* SelfMadeOrphan: In the original script, [[spoiler:Leena killed her incestuous father and her stepmother]].
87	* SensualSlavs: Horribly deconstructed. [[spoiler: Thanks to a combination of deformity and sexual frustration, the only reason Esther/Leena goes in and out of foster homes is because she wants to seduce the father of the family adopting her. When it invariably fails, she has a nervous breakdown and kills everyone. Rinse and repeat.]] [[spoiler: Oh, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she is actually]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Estonia}} Estonian]], not Russian, so she is not Slavic anyway.]]
88	* SerialKiller: She kills her adoptive families after [[spoiler:the father always refuses her advances]]. According to Dr. Värava, she killed at least 7 people that they know of, including a foster family (presumably the ones before the Albrights).
89	* SheKnowsTooMuch: The reason Esther tries to kill Max, who's the only one she hasn't directly hurt before, is when she [[spoiler:witnessed John's death at Esther's hands]].
90	* SignificantBirthDate: According to [[spoiler: her records at the mental hospital]], she was born on April 20th, thus sharing a birthday with [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler another murderous nutcase]].
91	* SlasherSmile: She smiles with great delight watching the treehouse burn with Daniel still inside. It's very disturbing.
92	* TheSociopath: Definitely. She is very manipulative, able to [[spoiler: use makeup, bindings, and false teeth to trick people into thinking she is a normal nine-year-old girl instead of an adult with a hormone disorder. She also causes a rift in John and Kate's marriage by playing on the latter's insecurities, with the ultimate goal of getting rid of the rest of the Colemans so she can have John to herself. This is also not the first time she has done or attempted to do this, [[ForegoneConclusion just ask the Albrights]].]]
93	* StepfordSmiler: Unstable, and ''how''.
94	* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite having the body of an adolescent girl, she's strong enough to kill a full-grown man by bashing his head into a wall and is able to survive being thrown down the stairs. Since Leena only ''looks'' like a small child and is [[MadeOfIron surprisingly durable]] for someone with dwarfism, [[OffscreenTeleportation she manages to evade the Albrights when they're too distracted]].
95	* TemptingFate: At one point, she tauntingly asks Kate "What are you going to do, hit me?". Later in the hospital scene, Kate actually does slap Esther so hard, the girl is knocked off her feet.
96	* TookALevelInJerkass: In the prequel, she was a highly rational and pragmatic ConWoman who only kills people standing in her way. She was also significantly nicer towards a pet mouse and was willing to leave the Albrights alone and start over with another family when it's clear she couldn't have Allen [[spoiler:with Tricia and Gunnar's blackmail]]. In the original film proper, she has become more ruthless and pettier presumably as a result of her adopted fathers continuing to reject her advances, directly antagonizing the Colemans without reason.
97	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour:
98	** Casually using the word "fuck" in everyday conversation is the ''least'' worrying thing about this young lady.
99	** A graver example: She [[spoiler: dons a revealing cocktail dress and an insane amount of makeup in order to try and seduce her drunken adoptive father]].
100	*** [[spoiler: Later averted through her reveal as the 33-year-old Leena Klammer.]]
101	* VillainHasAPoint: Esther calling Kate out on how she doesn't appreciate her family does have merit, considering Max almost died because [[spoiler: Kate was too drunk to see her fall into the pond.]]
102	* VillainousBreakdown: After failing to [[spoiler: seduce John]], Esther [[spoiler: runs to her room and removes everything she has been using to pass herself off as a nine-year-old, all while throwing a screaming fit and wrecking the entire room]].
103	* WalkingSpoiler: There ''REALLY IS'' something wrong with Esther...
104	* WickedCultured: Esther is a piano virtuoso, is presumably trilingual and is a talented and prolific painter.
105	* VillainProtagonist: The protagonist of the prequel film Orphan First Kill and still ruthless.
106	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Esther knows ''far'' more about sex than a [[spoiler: seemingly]] nine-year-old should ''ever'' healthily know. [[spoiler: Averted once she is revealed to be an adult woman who, in the original script, was subject to [[AbusiveParents sexual abuse]] by her [[ParentalIncest birth father.]]]]
107	* WomanScorned: [[spoiler: After her failed attempt to seduce John, she goes through a VillainousBreakdown and [[IfICantHaveYou kills him]] in retaliation. According to Dr. Värava, she killed her previous foster family after the father also turned down her advances.]]
108	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: She's thirty-three years old]] and has no problem with hurting children at all. Just ask Brenda, Max, and especially Danny.
109	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Breaks ''her own arm'' in a freaking ''vise'' and frames her adoptive mother for it.
110	* {{Yandere}}: Let's just say that Esther loves her new daddy ''very much''. [[spoiler: Since she really is a 33-year-old in a child's body, she seeks romantic relationships out of her adoptive fathers, and is ready to do '''everything''' to keep him to herself]].
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113	!!Coleman Family
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115	[[folder:Kate Coleman]]
116	!!Kate Coleman
117	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/VeraFarmiga
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119	* TheAlcoholic: Formerly. Esther exploits this by showing John the bottle of wine she bought the previous day and making it look like Kate relapsed, making it harder for him to believe her when she says Esther is dangerous.
120	* BrokenBird: Following her baby's stillbirth [[spoiler: and Max's accident due to her alcoholism]], Kate becomes emotionally unstable and made worse by Esther's manipulations.
121	* HeroineWithBadPublicity: Due to her known miscarriage-induced emotional instability, Kate is painted as a bad parent towards Esther by others, despite Kate noticing something is not right with the latter.
122	* MamaBear: She might have problems, but she ''really'' loves her children. After Esther attempts to smother Daniel with a pillow, she ''knows'' it's her doing and proceeds to '''slap the shit out of her''' and has to be held back by orderlies so she doesn't keep attacking her. Later during the climax of the movie, Kate yells at Esther not to hurt Max and throws her away when Esther is about to attack them in the woods. [[spoiler: Then she [[ShutUpHannibal brutally disowns her]] long after learning about her true colors as a 33-year-old madwoman]].
123	* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to John, she seems to be more aware and able to realize what is happening, especially toward the end.
124	[[/folder]]
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126	[[folder:John Coleman]]
127	!!John Coleman
128	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PeterSarsgaard
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130	* AdultsAreUseless: He's the only one in the family who doesn't do anything useful against Esther in the film.
131	* AssholeVictim: After continually siding with Esther over his wife's word, he is stabbed to death by Esther after he finally realizes that his wife was right about her.
132	%% {{Expy}}: Of Phil Simpson from ''Film/ChildsPlay2''.
133	* EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a dick John can be, he's absolutely horrified and disgusted when [[spoiler:Esther tries to seduce him, which finally convinces him that Kate was right about her]].
134	--> '''Esther''': ''(losing her patience)'' Stop talking to me like I'm a child!\
135	'''John''': ''(disgusted)'' I'm calling Sister Judith tomorrow and we're going to have a long conversation about your future in this house because I can't do it, I can't do it anymore!
136	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He realizes too late that Kate is right and that there's something wrong with Esther.
137	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has cheated on Kate ten years ago but now he clearly loves her, despite their arguments. While he refuses to believe his wife during the Esther situation, it's more out of obliviousness than maliciousness (and the fact the Kate used to be TheAlcoholic). He also tries his best to be a good father to an orphan girl.
138	* MrViceGuy: He's a well-meaning guy who loves his family, but also clueless and weak-willed, which makes him unreliable during hard times.
139	* NeverMyFault: Had committed adultery in the past when Kate was at a mental low point, but he never seemed to accept responsibility for it.
140	* SmugSnake: He thinks his judgment is superior to his wife's.
141	* TooDumbToLive: His blind trusting of the ObviouslyEvil Esther gets him killed.
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder:Daniel Coleman]]
145	!!Daniel Coleman
146	!!!'''Played By:''' Jimmy Bennett
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148	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Subverted. Danny shoots a pigeon with his paintball gun but is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone absolutely horrified]] when he sees that it's seriously hurt and even more when Esther smashes the bird with a rock, killing it instantly.
149	* BigBrotherBully: Is this towards Esther at first, even before realizing something isn't right with her. [[spoiler: This later turns out to be a case of MuggingTheMonster once her true nature is revealed.]]
150	* BigBrotherInstinct: He may not like ''Esther'', but he cares enough about his little sister, Max, to go to her room and ask if Esther has hurt her, promising that they'll talk to their parents about it. Unfortunately, Esther is standing outside the door and listening the entire time...
151	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be a brat, but he cares about his sister Max and is horrified at Esther's CreepyChild acts.
152	* MuggingTheMonster: His BigBrotherBully behavior towards Esther before he knew her true nature is this trope in retrospect.
153	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. He throws ableist slurs at Esther several times but doesn't project any towards his deaf younger sister, Max.
154	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Isn't seen from the rest of the movie after being nearly killed by Esther. Though he survives since doctors state he has a pulse. [[note]]In the original script, Esther managed to successfully kill him. [[/note]]
155	[[/folder]]
156
157	[[folder:Maxine Coleman]]
158	!!Maxine Coleman
159	!!!'''Played By:''' Aryana Engineer
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161	* BadassAdorable: She's only ''5 years old'', but saves her brother from Esther in one scene, and at the end she also tries to protect her mother with a revolver.
162	* BreakTheCutie: She suffers a harsh TraumaCongaLine throughout the movie, after watching Esther killing a nun, trying to kill her brother, and going through several NearDeathExperience. She's only 5.
163	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Due to her childlike innocence, she adores Esther in the beginning... until she starts to see her killing people in front of her eyes.
164	* CuteMute: She's a deaf little girl, and so adorable that you'll just want to hug her.
165	* TookALevelInBadass: She's BadassAdorable at the end where she takes the revolver and was going to shoot Esther in order to protect her mother.
166	[[/folder]]
167
168	!!Albright Family
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170	[[folder:Tricia Albright]]
171	!!Tricia Albright
172	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JuliaStiles
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174	* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She turns out to be hiding her real daughter's body to protect Gunnar and tries to use Esther's con for her own ends. Unfortunately for her, [[EvilerThanThou Esther proves to be far more formidable than she expected]].]]
175	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The alleged grieving mother Tricia turns out to be a malicious sociopath on par with Esther/Leena]].
176	%%zce* HateSink: [[spoiler:More so then Esther.]]
177	* MamaBear: [[spoiler:A dark example]], as she is possessive of her family to the point of preventing Gunnar [[spoiler:from going to prison for his sister's death.]]
178	--> '''Tricia''': A mother protects her family, no matter what.
179	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:Tells Esther that most men, including Allen, would be repulsed by a "mutant grifter" when she sees Esther growing affectionate towards him]].
180	%% zce * RichBitch: [[spoiler:What she really is following TheReveal.]]
181	* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Following TheReveal she starts acting this way, treating Esther with cruel disdain and contempt whenever she can, and severely underestimating how dangerous she is despite warning Gunnar against exactly that.]]
182	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After witnessing Esther kill her beloved son, she pretty much flies into a rage and forgoes her plan to stage Esther's suicide and desperately tries to straight-out murder her]].
183	* WalkingSpoiler: There's a reason [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter she's a completely different matriarch from Kate]].
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder:Allen Albright]]
187	!!Allen Albright
188	!!!'''Played By:''' Rossif Sutherland
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190	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[ParentalObliviousness Aside from being completely oblivious of Esther's true nature like John was]], he's the only one of the family unaware of [[spoiler:the true circumstances behind the real Esther's disappearance.]]
191	* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: He's the only one of the family who is genuinely innocent of his beloved daughter's disappearance]].
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	[[folder:Gunnar Albright]]
195	!!Gunnar Albright
196	!!!'''Played By:''' Matthew Finlan
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198	* BullyingADragon: While his mother acts rationally, doing her best to avoid giving Esther [[spoiler:a reason to betray her]], Gunnar, however, assumes he has more power over Esther than he actually does, and treats her badly and with contempt.
199	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: The real Esther Albright was DeadAllAlong due to Gunnar having something to do with it. It's not elaborated, but it's implied Esther was pushed down the stairs and died during a sibling squabble, and Gunnar looks genuinely scared when he ends up doing the same to Leena.]]
200	* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler: {{Gender\|InvertedTrope}}-Inverted. The fact that Tricia doesn't seem to blame him for the real Esther's murder implies she [[ParentalFavoritism favors him over her dead daughter]]]].
201	%%zce* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Of [[Film/Scream1996 Billy Loomis]].]]
202	%%zce* HateSink: [[spoiler:More so then Esther.]]
203	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:After shooting him with a crossbow, Leena stabs him to death with his own fencing sword.]]
204	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:Calls Leena a "freak", saying no one would listen to what an "illegal immigrant fugitive mental patient" says when she threatens to reveal he killed his sister, and that "this is America, people like me matter"]].
205	%%zce* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Following TheReveal.]]
206	* TeensAreMonsters: He's the eldest son [[spoiler:responsible for the death of his little sister and only concerned with covering his own act]].
207	%%zce* UpperClassTwit: [[spoiler:What he really is following TheReveal.]]
208	[[/folder]]
209
210	[[folder:Esther Albright]]
211	!!Esther Albright
212	!!!'''Played By:''' Kennedy Irwin
213
214	* DaddysGirl: She's this to Allen, as he is the most affected by her disappearance and is very happy to have "her" back.
215	* WalkingSpoiler: Where else did Esther get her alias from? And the AwfulTruth behind her disappearance reveals the {{Dark Secret}}s of her family.
216	[[/folder]]

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