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Case 39

Horror · Mystery

Case 39

Some cases should never be opened.

6.3(2,409) 8/13/2009 1h 49m
HorrorMysteryThriller

In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

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Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Emily Jenkins

Jodelle Ferland

Jodelle Ferland

Lillith Sullivan

Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Detective Mike Barron

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

Douglas J. Ames

Adrian Lester

Adrian Lester

Wayne

Kerry O'Malley

Kerry O'Malley

Margaret Sullivan

Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie

Edward Sullivan

Cynthia Stevenson

Cynthia Stevenson

Nancy

Directed by

Christian Alvart

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Reviews

John Chard

6/10

7/3/2014

Keep Away From Children. Case 39 is directed by Christian Alvart and written by Ray Wright. It stars Renee Zellwegger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane and Bradley Cooper. Music is by Michl Britsch and cinematography by Hagen Bodanski. Another in the long line of demonic/psycho children films, Case 39 sat on the shelf for a few years before finally seeing the light of day around 2009. Met with a whole bunch of negative reviews it is somewhat pleasing to find that while it’s not a misunderstood classic or anything, it actually works well within this sub-genre of horror. Story in short order form has Zellwegger as Emily Jenkins, a social worker who after rescuing young Lilly Sullivan from crazed parents, takes her in on a temporary foster basis and soon comes to regret it. Offering u

Reno

7/10

11/4/2016

**Just do your job! Don't think above that like you can be a saviour!** It looked like some kind of thriller, that's what anybody would say if they read the title correctly. The story was suspense, well developed to keep that for a very long time. Though it had no major twist, just a revelation like clarifying our doubts. Because most of the storyline seems alike 'Orphan', the film that came just months before this one. But this is a horror theme, I mean real horror, not a terror-horror like 'Orphan'. The overall story relied on one big secret that revealed at some time in the final act. I have seen many films about the child abuse, and this one set in as a same kind of theme, but takes a turn during the end of the first act. So when a social worker, Emily, finds a ten year old Lilit

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