{"id":15127,"date":"2026-10-09T22:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T02:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=15127"},"modified":"2026-10-09T22:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T02:29:05","slug":"other-mommy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/10\/09\/other-mommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Mommy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Other Mommy<\/strong> (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Universal\/Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 93 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (some bloody violence and language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Rob Savage\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Nathan Elston\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Patrick Johnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Lowell A. Meyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: October 9, 2026 (US) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Arabella Olivia Clark, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Karen Allen, Sean Kaufman.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0The horror in Other Mommy<\/strong> is of a demonic nature. It\u2019s an evil entity referred to as \u201cOther Mommy\u201d due to its eerie resemblance to the mother (Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) of the child (Clark, The Housemaid) being targeted. It wants to \u201cgo inside [her] heart\u201d. It just needs her to say yes. It proceeds to terrorize the family as they try to find a way to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Bella is a lonely little girl. She just moved into a new home with her parents, Ursula and Russ whom she affectionately calls Daddo (Duplass, Transparent). It\u2019s a fractured marriage. Mom works a lot; Daddo is a stay-at-home dad. He\u2019s not exactly the most attentive parent. She\u2019s the ideal target for something evil. Now here\u2019s where Other Mommy<\/strong> differs from most other horror movies involving children. Bella isn\u2019t the only one who can see O.M. It reveals itself to her parents almost right away. Daddo sees it under the kitchen table right after it almost starts a fire. Mom sees it after a horrifying incident at an anniversary party. So what that means is there\u2019s never any question about the girl\u2019s sanity.<\/p>\n

\u00a0They go on the run only to discover they won\u2019t escape it that way. They ultimately seek help from Ursula\u2019s estranged mother (Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark) who\u2019s into the paranormal. Lucky for them, she knows somebody who can help.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Directed by Rob Savage (The Boogeyman), Other Mommy <\/strong>is pretty decent. I know Other Critics have been savaging it (hey, that\u2019s two!), but I enjoyed it. I wouldn\u2019t say it was especially scary, but it does have two or three good \u201cBOO!\u201d scenes. It also has two great set-pieces, one at the aforementioned party and the other at a play center with a ball pit. The rest of it is standard stuff with a few ideas borrowed from Poltergeist. The big difference is this paranormal investigator (Lachman, Severance) is no Tangina.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chastain gives a great dual performance as Mom and O.M., an aloof parent and a smother mother, two opposites that look alike. Bella can never be sure which one she\u2019s talking to. Her only clue is whether or not her feet are touching the floor (O.M. floats a couple inches above it). As Mom, Chastain conveys fear. As O.M., she encompasses it. She is one frightening creation, especially for a child.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Clark is a relative newcomer. This is her first major role. She\u2019s pretty good as Bella. The 10YO actress, playing a 7YO, appears to get her character. She senses the discord between her parents, but doesn\u2019t have the emotional maturity to process it. Savage appears to be saying something about childhood anxieties about family and the threat of the unit breaking up. Other Mommy<\/strong> somewhat effectively taps into these fears, but it never explores them with any real depth.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So I guess the most important thing about Other Mommy<\/strong> is the same question I ask about all horror movies: is it scary? I wasn\u2019t scared myself, but I think the teens might get a kick out of it. It\u2019ll probably be scary for youngsters who haven\u2019t seen too many horror films, especially the ones just old enough to see an R movie without a parent. I\u2019d even take it a step further and say it\u2019s a good one for young teens begging to see their first real horror movie. Obviously, I\u2019m not in that age bracket. Still, I think Other Mommy<\/strong> is pretty good. Sure, the CGI is a bit wonky, but it doesn\u2019t ruin the whole thing. It is genuinely creepy at times. It\u2019s a decent flick for Halloween.<\/p>\n

P.S. Don\u2019t go looking for the bathtub scene from the trailer. It was cut prior to release. I hate it when that happens, don\u2019t you? \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Other Mommy (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Universal\/Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 93 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (some bloody violence and language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Rob Savage\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Nathan Elston\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Patrick Johnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Lowell A. Meyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: October 9, 2026 (US) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Arabella Olivia Clark, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Karen Allen, Sean Kaufman. Rating: *** \u00a0The horror in Other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-now-playing"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Other-Mommy-POSTER.jpg?fit=620%2C981&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15132,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15127\/revisions\/15132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}