From Mashable · Kristy Puchko · · 1m 10s
Other Mommy: Parental Movie Guide
Is your child ready for a horror movie where the mom is a terrifying entity?
In brief
Is your child ready for a horror movie where the mom is a terrifying entity? Other Mommy, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain as a child-obsessed entity, is rated R and may scare kids due to its jump scares and themes of parental divorce. Originally reported by Mashable.
Quick answers
- What is Other Mommy?
- Other Mommy centers on Bela, a 7-year-old girl who talks to an entity she calls 'other mommy'.
- Who plays Other Mommy?
- Jessica Chastain portrays both Bela's real mother and the terrifying entity Other Mommy.
- Why is Other Mommy scary?
- The film has 50 jump scares in its 93-minute runtime, including a scene that shocks audiences before the title card.
- What makes Other Mommy unsettling?
- Other Mommy can shape-shift into scary forms and causes violence with blood and guts glitter.
- How does Other Mommy compare to Coraline?
- Both films feature a girl with a sharp bob who develops a relationship with a doppelgänger of her mother.
What is Other Mommy?
Other Mommy centers on Bela, a 7-year-old girl who talks to an entity she calls 'other mommy'.
“Based on Josh Malerman's New York Times best-selling novel Incidents Around the House”
Who plays Other Mommy?
Jessica Chastain portrays both Bela's real mother and the terrifying entity Other Mommy.
“Other Mommy (Jessica Chastain) looks a lot like Bela's real mommy, Ursula (also Jessica Chastain)”
Why is Other Mommy scary?
The film has 50 jump scares in its 93-minute runtime, including a scene that shocks audiences before the title card.
“In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Savage estimated Other Mommy has 'oh, like 50' jump scares”
What makes Other Mommy unsettling?
Other Mommy can shape-shift into scary forms and causes violence with blood and guts glitter.
“Much of the scares are centered around the eponymous entity who can shape-shift into other freaky forms”
How does Other Mommy compare to Coraline?
Both films feature a girl with a sharp bob who develops a relationship with a doppelgänger of her mother.
“Both focus on a little girl with a sharp bob who develops a relationship with an otherworldly double of her own mother”
What rating does Other Mommy have?
The movie is rated R for cursing, violence, and gore, with sequences confronting hard truths about parents.
“This movie is rated R for cursing (yes, the f-word included), violence, and gore”
The short version
Other Mommy, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain as a child-obsessed entity, is rated R and may scare kids due to its jump scares and themes of parental divorce.
