Other Mommy (English with English Subtitles)

Other Mommy (2026): Jessica Chastain and Rob Savage at Victory Cinema A child recognises her mother’s face. The voice sounds familiar. The figure standing in the house seems to belong there. But recognition is not the same as safety. Other Mommy builds its horror around that unsettling difference. Jessica Chastain stars in a dual role in a film about a young girl, Bela, whose relationship with a sinister presence begins to darken the world around her. The entity looks uncannily like her own mother. Directed by Rob Savage and produced by James Wan, the film is scheduled for theatrical release on Friday, 9 October 2026. Watch it at Victory Cinema, Bengaluru, in English with English subtitles, and book directly with no booking fee. The story Bela forms a relationship with an entity inside her home. She calls it Other Mommy. Its resemblance to her mother makes the situation disturbing before the full extent of its intentions becomes clear. That is the central premise, and it is enough to bring into the cinema. A child’s understanding of the world is shaped by people she trusts. When something threatening borrows a familiar appearance, the question becomes how she can recognise the danger and explain it to others. The film places fear inside the home, where everyday routines should provide reassurance. An ordinary room or a familiar exchange can become uncomfortable when the audience has reason to doubt who is present. We will leave the entity’s demands and the family’s response for you to discover. Jessica Chastain in two roles Jessica Chastain plays Bela’s mother and the entity’s manifestation. This dual role gives Other Mommy its most immediately striking idea: the same performer embodies both a familiar parental presence and something that imitates it. The distinction is an acting challenge as well as a horror device. A change in timing, expression or movement can make a recognisable face feel wrong. The audience may find itself looking closely at details it would normally accept without question. Chastain’s participation is a strong reason to consider the film for viewers who enjoy horror built around performance. The premise asks the audience to watch her twice over, paying attention to what creates trust and what unsettles it. The resemblance itself becomes part of the suspense. Bela and her family Arabella Olivia Clark plays Bela, while Jay Duplass plays her father, identified in the official promotional material as Daddo. The supporting cast includes Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed and Karen Allen. Bela is central to the story because the relationship with the entity begins in her world. A child may describe an experience in terms adults do not immediately understand. What sounds like imagination or an unusual name can mean something much more serious. Other Mommy draws its tension from that difficulty of interpretation. The adults must respond to what Bela tells them while the audience considers what she has actually encountered. The family’s ability to understand her becomes part of the situation, alongside the threat itself. Rob Savage behind the camera Rob Savage directs the film. Universal’s announcement identifies him with Host and The Boogeyman, two titles that make his involvement particularly relevant to audiences who follow contemporary horror. The premise of Other Mommy gives Savage a setting in which a small change can carry a large effect. A person enters a room. A child answers a question. Someone notices that an apparently ordinary moment does not quite make sense. A story like this benefits from attention to space and timing. The audience wants to know what is happening, but uncertainty is part of the experience. Looking into the corner of a frame or waiting for a response can become as uncomfortable as a more obvious confrontation. James Wan and Blumhouse Atomic Monster James Wan produces Other Mommy, which comes from Blumhouse Atomic Monster and is distributed by Universal Pictures. Wan’s association with Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring is part of the film’s official introduction. For horror audiences, that creative background helps explain the interest around this release. The central idea fits a tradition of supernatural stories in which a threat enters a place people consider safe, then disrupts the relationships within it. The attraction here is also specific. The threatening presence does not merely inhabit the home; it resembles someone who belongs there. That makes identification a problem. Before anyone can decide what to do, they may need to decide whom they are looking at. From Incidents Around the House to the screen Other Mommy is based on Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman, the author of Bird Box. Nathan Elston wrote the screenplay. Readers familiar with the novel will recognise the source, but a film creates its own experience through faces, voices, movement and the arrangement of scenes. Something a reader imagines must become visible or audible, and the adaptation must decide when to reveal it. Viewers do not need to read the book before booking a ticket. The premise provides a clear starting point: Bela has a relationship with a presence that resembles her mother. The film develops the consequences. Knowing less may make the experience of discovering its rules more effective. A familiar face becomes frightening The most disturbing part of the premise is its use of familiarity. People often feel safe because they recognise someone. A face, a voice or a habitual gesture can establish trust almost immediately. Other Mommy introduces a reason to question that instinct. If a threatening presence can look like someone close to you, appearance stops providing a reliable answer. The viewer begins to reconsider things that normally pass unnoticed. This gives the horror an intimate scale. The problem is not simply that something unfamiliar has appeared. It is that something recognisable may no longer mean what it should. The home remains familiar while the confidence attached to it starts to change. Why see this horror film in a cinema? Suspense needs attention. A quiet scene can depend on whether you notice a movement, hear a sound or wait long enough for an exchange to become uncomfortable. Watching in a cinema gives those moments room to develop. The large screen also makes the composition of a room easier to read. You can follow where a character is looking, see the space behind them and decide whether something in the frame deserves a second glance. Other Mommy is built around appearances that invite close observation. A theatrical presentation lets you stay with that uncertainty, sharing the experience with an audience that is watching the same face and waiting for the same answer. English with English subtitles Victory Cinema’s presentation is in English with English subtitles. The original performances remain intact, while the words on screen help viewers follow the dialogue comfortably. In a supernatural story, a short question or an unusual choice of words can matter. Subtitles help audiences catch those details without losing attention to the scene around them. The product title identifies this version clearly. Check the language listed for your chosen show, select seats for your group and settle in knowing which presentation you have booked. Watching Other Mommy at Victory Cinema Victory Cinema is a 505-seat single-screen cinema on Magadi Main Road, Kamakshipalya, in west Bengaluru. Audiences visit from nearby areas including Vijayanagar, Rajajinagar, Basaveshwaranagar and Nagarbhavi, as well as other parts of the city. Our Barco 4K RGB laser projector presents the film on a large cinema screen. Choose the seats you want when booking directly through our website, and use the live show listings to find the performance that suits your plans. Book directly with no booking fee Other Mommy begins with a child, a familiar face and a relationship that should never have formed. Jessica Chastain’s dual role, Rob Savage’s direction and Josh Malerman’s source novel make it a release for viewers interested in supernatural fear close to home. Browse the Other Mommy showtimes below, choose your preferred seats and book directly at Victory Cinema. The film is presented in English with English subtitles, and bookings through our website carry no booking fee.