🎥 Reel Review: The Other

The Other is a slow-burn horror that stays true to its lane. A foster couple takes in Kathelia, a silent child with trauma in her eyes and something darker lurking behind them. It starts like a family drama, then twists into something colder—quiet, surreal, and quietly cruel.

Olivia Macklin plays exhaustion well. Dylan McTee fades into the dread. But Avangeline Friedlander is the reason this works—completely silent and thoroughly unsettling. The movie lets the unease build, then breaks it with sharp left turns that pay off. Not everything lands—the middle stretches too thin, and some themes feel half-buried—but the atmosphere holds firm.

By the end, it’s less about answers and more about what lingers. Mitten’s Verdict: Understated horror that leaves a mark. Rated: 6 out of 10.