Overview
A chilling tale of childhood innocence twisted into a deadly game of malice and deceit.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- foreboding
- macabre
- anxious
- late night horror viewing
- classic horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally regard the film as an atmospheric and visually striking psychological horror work whose rich period imagery intensifies its disturbing ambiguity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Connecticut farm is presented through rich browns and reds as a haunted, threatening landscape.
Twelve-year-old twins are central to the accidents and the macabre game, while adults struggle to interpret events.
Niles and Holland's twin bond makes it difficult to determine who is responsible for the escalating accidents.
The boys' playful activities and Ada's lessons become increasingly connected to disturbing accidents.
Films like The Other, and why
The Innocents
psychological horror centered on childhood menace, family secrets, and an unsettling rural atmosphere
The Village of the Damned
macabre child-centered suspense, unreliable appearances, and an atmosphere of escalating dread
The Night of the Hunter
psychological ambiguity, sinister domestic relationships, and carefully controlled gothic suspense
Movie Details
- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Release Date
- 1972-05-24
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (164)
Cast
- Uta Hagen
- Diana Muldaur
- Chris Udvarnoky
- Martin Udvarnoky
- Norma Connolly
- Victor French
- Loretta Leversee
- Lou Frizzell
- Portia Nelson
- Jenny Sullivan
Common questions
- What is The Other about?
- On a Connecticut farm, a grandmother must decipher the deadly game played by her twin grandsons before childhood innocence collapses into terror.
- What is The Other like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Other as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Other violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Other as mild.
- What did critics think of The Other?
- Critics generally regard the film as an atmospheric and visually striking psychological horror work whose rich period imagery intensifies its disturbing ambiguity.
- Which films are like The Other?
- Films with a similar feel include The Innocents, The Village of the Damned, and The Night of the Hunter.
- How long is The Other?
- The Other runs 108 minutes.
