# Other Mommy: Parental Movie Guide

> Is your child ready for a horror movie where the mom is a terrifying entity?
- Title: Other Mommy: Parental Movie Guide · Mashable | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: Mashable — https://mashable.com/entertainment/other-mommy-parents-guide
- Author: Kristy Puchko
- Published: 2026-10-09T16:21:52+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: other mommy, jessica chastain, arabella olivia clark, jay duplass, coraline, horror movie, parenting, child horror, technology, culture
## 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
## Key takeaway

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.