Other Mommy horror movie trailer terrifies Odyssey crowds
The Other Mommy horror movie trailer left The Odyssey audiences rattled after theaters played the Jessica Chastain preview ahead of the epic. Viewers on TikTok warned others to look away, while some said theaters should warn about the imagery. Directed by Rob Savage and produced by James Wan, the film opens Oct. 9.
Key Takeaways
- The Other Mommy trailer played before The Odyssey and sparked TikTok warnings to look away.
- Jessica Chastain plays dual roles as Bela’s mother and a sinister maternal lookalike.
- James Wan produces and Rob Savage directs, adapting Josh Malerman’s bestselling novel.
- The horror film reaches U.S. theaters Oct. 9 (Australian cinemas from Oct. 8, 2026).
Fans who bought tickets for The Odyssey over the weekend got more than an epic prelude. As ABC News reported, the new Other Mommy preview ran with the theater slate and left many viewers shaken enough to post real-time warnings.
Content creator Skate Carter told TikTok followers to “look away” and “close your eyes” when the trailer hits the screen. Others argued cinemas should flag the imagery before the full clip plays. For more theater and platform buzz, browse our Streaming & TV Alerts hub.
What happens in the Other Mommy horror movie trailer?
The preview opens in a kitchen, where Chastain’s character chats with a young girl who appears to be her daughter while making pasta. She asks if the girl remembers when they were “one person,” then presses further: does she remember where she was before being a baby in her tummy?
“You were in my heart,” the mother says, before asking, “Can I go into your heart?” After a tense pause, the pasta burns. The girl replies, “You said you wouldn’t leave my room.” Jay Duplass, as the father, races into the smoke-filled kitchen as the detector blares—then a disfigured Chastain appears under the table. Later shots suggest her character is haunting the child.
Why are Odyssey audiences so unsettled by it?
Jump scares land harder in a crowded auditorium than on a phone screen. Not everyone demanded a warning, though. Horror fan Grace Mitscherlich noted that theaters have long run horror trailers ahead of other rated-R films like The Odyssey.
Creator Erin Reacts & Reviews said the under-the-table beat was scary mainly because of how casually it sat in the frame. Book fans were more hyped than horrified: GiGi Leal called Malerman’s Incidents Around the House the “scariest book I’ve ever read” and said the trailer left her “so excited,” adding it looks like they might “pull this off.”
Who is behind Other Mommy and when does it open?
Wan, the producer behind The Conjuring and Insidious, teams with English director Savage. The story follows young Bela as she forms a bond with a sinister home entity that looks uncannily like her mother. Chastain plays both Ursula, the real mom, and “Other Mommy,” a manifestation of that entity, per the studio’s press materials.
In an interview with The AU Review, Savage said the film is told largely from seven-year-old Bela’s porous point of view, which helps the story withhold rules without losing the ride. Wan called Chastain the “secret sauce,” arguing audiences will keep asking whether they are watching the good mother or the demonic one. Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, and Karen Allen also star. U.S. theaters open Oct. 9; Australian release begins Oct. 8, 2026.