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Actually, the headline is misleading. I didn’t like either film. But if you saw the new thriller Orphan](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/orphan/32213/main) this weekend and it seemed familiar, perhaps you’re remembering the 1993 Macaulay Culkin fiasco The Good Son](The Good Son (1993) - Movie | Moviefone). It’s not just that they’re both about evil kids; the similarities run deeper than that. Here’s a list, which is slightly spoiler-ish for both films.
In The Good Son and Orphan:
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The setting is New England in the winter.
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A mother mourns the death of her baby sometime earlier.
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A past tragedy occurred involving water.
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There is danger in a treehouse.
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Broken ice on a frozen pond leads to near-tragedy.
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A young boy is threatened with a sharp object (box-cutter or scissors) against his throat while he lies on a bed.
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A psychiatrist interviews the evil child, finds nothing wrong with him or her, and believes it is the child’s main opponent who is the problem.
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