Other Mommy Movie Review: Jessica Chastain’s Dual Performance Can’t Save Blumhouse’s Halloween Misfire

A shadowy figure reflected in a cracked mirror in a dark hallway — original artwork for our Other Mommy movie review

Verdict: 2.5/5 — Jessica Chastain is terrific twice over, but Blumhouse’s doppelganger horror is scares without a soul Other Mommy is the Halloween-season paradox of 2026: a horror film audiences rejected with a rare D+ CinemaScore that still opened at number one with $27.5 million. The film’s entire case for existing is Jessica Chastain playing … Read more

‘Other Mommy’ Tops Weekend Box Office With $27.5M — Double Its Budget in Three Days

Dark haunted house hallway with a shadowy maternal silhouette — Other Mommy box office

“Other Mommy” has stormed the domestic box office. Universal and Blumhouse’s horror release opened to an estimated $27.5 million from 3,365 North American theaters over the October 9–11 weekend, according to studio estimates reported by Comscore — more than doubling its $19 million production budget in a single three-day frame. Worldwide, the film has already … Read more