The Other (1972)

Name: The Other
Director: Robert Mulligan
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1972-05-26
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky

PG | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family.

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Uta Hagen

Ada
Diana Muldaur

Alexandra
Chris Udvarnoky

Niles Perry
Martin Udvarnoky

Holland Perry
Norma Connolly

Aunt Vee
Victor French

Angelini
Loretta Leversee

Winnie
Lou Frizzell

Uncle George
Portia Nelson

Mrs. Rowe
Jenny Sullivan

Torrie
John Ritter

Rider
Jack Collins

Mr. P.C. Pretty
Ed Bakey

Chan-yu
Clarence Crow

Russell

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6 July 2000 | preppy-3

| A great, great horror film

As someone has already mentioned, this is the kind of film no one talks about but never forgets. A VERY creepy tale of two twins--one good, the other evil--and what happens one summer.

The setting is beautiful (1920s Midwest), the acting is superb (especially those creepy twins) and there is a real shocking twist halfway through. Also there are a few death scenes in the movie all done with no blood or gore, but they're among the scariest I've ever seen. I'll NEVER forget the shot of someone falling down a well or the father falling down a ladder and landing headfirst on a cement floor. It also ends on a very ambiguous note--the book is clearer.

This is not a horror film that leaps out at you--the scares in it are quiet ones. An unique and excellent psychological horror film--DO NOT MISS IT!!!

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"Holland, the game's over. We can't play the game anymore. But when the sheriff comes, I'll ask him if we can play it in our new home."
This voiceover immediately follows Winnie saying "Niles, wash up now." This voiceover, however, cuts off something else that is said by Winnie. In the theatrical version, this voiceover is nonexistent, and Winnie says "Niles, wash up now. Time for lunch." and that is the last line of dialogue spoken in the movie. It is obvious that this ending was especially done for television so that the "bad guy doesn't get away with it." The theatrical version, without this voiceover, implies that Niles never does get caught.