1972·Drama·1h 48m
7.1
★
A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family.
Directed by Robert Mulligan
twin brother
macabre
shocking
malicious
anxious
complicated
foreboding
horrified
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Cast
Uta Hagen
Ada
Diana Muldaur
Alexandra
Norma Connolly
Aunt Vee
Victor French
Angelini
Lou Frizzell
Uncle George
Portia Nelson
Mrs. Rowe
John Ritter
Rider
Jack Collins
Mr. P.C. Pretty
Angelo Rossitto
Sideshow Performer (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Mulligan
Director
Tom Tryon
Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Tom Tryon
Executive Producer
Robert Mulligan
Producer
Tom Tryon
Novel
Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor
Alexander Courage
Music Arranger
Alexander Courage
Music
Popular Reviews
19 reviews
Eve
8.0★ · 11/21/25
It caught me off guard on how gentle this movie looks on the surface even though the whole thing feels like it is slowly creeping under your skin. Everything is sunlit and quiet, and you keep thinking nothing truly terrible can happen in a place this warm. The twin dynamic is the center of everything and it makes the story feel both intimate and claustrophobic. You watch Niles try to hold on to this version of his childhood that is already slipping away, and the more you understand what is actually happening, the more the whole film starts to feel like grief that has been sitting too long in the heat.
At first, it feels harmless, but slowly you start noticing how imagination turns into denial and denial turns into something darker. It's where you predict the twist early, but still get hit by it because the emotion behind it is heavier than the shock. The horror comes from the way the characters try to survive the things they are refusing to accept.
At first, it feels harmless, but slowly you start noticing how imagination turns into denial and denial turns into something darker. It's where you predict the twist early, but still get hit by it because the emotion behind it is heavier than the shock. The horror comes from the way the characters try to survive the things they are refusing to accept.
It caught me off guard on how gentle this movie looks on the surface even though the whole thing feels like it is slowly creeping under your skin. Everything is sunlit and quiet, and you keep thinking nothing truly terrible can happen in a place this warm. The twin dynamic is the center of everything and it makes the story feel both intimate and claustrophobic. You watch Niles try to hold on to this version of his childhood that is already slipping away, and the more you understand what is actually happening, the more the whole film starts to feel like grief that has been sitting too long in the heat.
At first, it feels harmless, but slowly you start noticing how imagination turns into denial and denial turns into something darker. It's where you predict the twist early, but still get hit by it because the emotion behind it is heavier than the shock. The horror comes from the way the characters try to survive the things they are refusing to accept.
At first, it feels harmless, but slowly you start noticing how imagination turns into denial and denial turns into something darker. It's where you predict the twist early, but still get hit by it because the emotion behind it is heavier than the shock. The horror comes from the way the characters try to survive the things they are refusing to accept.
WeavierPRO
9.0★ · 10/01/25
Spooktober #1
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
Spooktober #1
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
WeavierPRO
9.0★ · 10/01/25
Spooktober #1
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
Spooktober #1
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
A movie that demands to be watched more than once. I might not entirely know what happened, but The Other is clearly one of the best killer kid movies ever made. Maybe the only actually good one.
unraveledclouds
8.0★ · 07/28/25
the twist are crazy game
the twist are crazy game
viuvadoeren
8.0★ · 01/12/23
esse final EH MTO bizarro que isso
esse final EH MTO bizarro que isso