India, Oct. 11 -- Some early viewers of Other Mommy were all over social media, claiming there was a jump scare every few minutes. Such a tall claim had yours truly nervous too before the film began, and this is someone who loves the genre. I am still waiting for those jump scares as I write this.

Jessica Chastain's Other Mommy revolves around a young girl, Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark), who encounters a supernatural entity that takes the form of her mother. The entity wants the girl to say yes to letting her into her heart, so that it may enter the physical realm.

There is practically nothing scary here, for starters. Based on the 2024 novel Incidents Around the House and produced by James Wan, Other Mommy comes with high expectations. ...