In the summer of 1935, 9-year-old twins Niles and Holland Perry live with their family on a Connecticut farm. Their loving grandmother Ada has taught them something called “the game.” A number of accidents begin happening, and it seems to Niles that Holland is responsible. It is Ada who begins to see the truth, and she is the only one who can stop this macabre game of murder.

The Other (1972)
  • Rating: (2,373 votes)
  • Taglines:Niles and Holland are as close as twin brothers can be. Appearances can be deceiving... and deadly. » Please don't reveal the secret of The Other. »
  • Runtime:108 minutes
  • Director: Robert Mulligan
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Ada
    Uta Hagen
    Alexandra
    Diana Muldaur
    Niles Perry
    Chris Udvarnoky
    Holland Perry
    Martin Udvarnoky
    Aunt Vee
    Norma Connolly
    Angelini
    Victor French
    Winnie
    Loretta Leversee
    Uncle George
    Lou Frizzell
    Mrs. Rowe
    Portia Nelson
    Torrie
    Jenny Sullivan
  • Genres:Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Don Kranze
    associate producer  
    Robert Mulligan
    producer  
    Tom Tryon
    executive producer (as Thomas Tryon) 
  • Plot: In the summer of 1935, 9-year-old twins Niles and Holland Perry live with their family on a Connecticut farm. Their loving grandmother Ada has taught them something called "the game." A number of accidents begin happening, and it seems to Niles that Holland is responsible. It is Ada who begins to see the truth, and she is the only one who can stop this macabre game of murder. Written by <harang@cajunnet.com>
The Other
  • User's comment:Underrated Chiller From A Great Director by Christopher T. Chase (cchase@onebox.com)

    I remember very clearly that parts of the Thomas Tryon novel just about had me wetting myself, it was that scary, and I wondered if the movie version would do it justice. In many ways, it nearly surpasses the book...which is something that rarely ever happens. Some people don't care for the performances by Chris and Martin Udvarnoky as the twins, Niles and Holland, but the fact that they weren't typical "Hollywoodized" child stars enabled them to give more naturalistic performances, thereby making them more believable...and creepy.

    And what can you say about one of theater's Grande Dames, Uta Hagen? I think this was the only film I've ever seen her in, and she's spectacular. Well before "bad kids" became a genre cliché, this one beats all the other like-minded thrillers by a mile, even THE OMEN. (Well, maybe not THE BAD SEED, though.)

    And as the cherry-on-top, Jerry Goldsmith turned in one of his best scores on this one. And DP Robert Surtees' work is so beautiful in contrast to the sheer horror it has us bear witness to...

    Director Mulligan deserved all the praise he got for THE OTHER, and more acclaim than he did get because of the fact that it was considered a "low-class horror movie." When you watch it, though, you may not think so by the chilling ending. See if this doesn't stay with you for weeks afterward, the way it did for me...


  • Quotes: Ada: And when I came here and found this church, this angel became for me, The Angel of the Brighter Day, you see? Niles: Do you still believe she will come? Ada: Yes.
  • Also known as: El otro (Mexico), El otro (Spain), A Inocente Face do Terror (Brazil - imdb display title), A másik (Hungary - imdb display title), Chi è l'altro? (Italy), Den anden (Denmark), Den andre (Sweden), Iblisin kurbanlari (Turkey - Turkish title), Kalman sormi (Finland), L'autre (France), O Outro (Portugal), O allos (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), The Other (West Germany),

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