Director: Paul Etheredge
Twins born on the same farm, raised under the same roof, turn out nothing alike, and that split sits at the center of The Other, a 2025 horror-tinged drama directed by Paul Etheredge.
What is The Other about?
The film follows the two siblings from childhood into adulthood, tracking how one settles into an ordinary, decent life while the other drifts toward something darker and harder to explain. Rather than staging a single shocking reveal, the story lets the divide widen gradually, through small choices and family tension that accumulate over years. Set in rural farm country, the film uses the isolation of that setting to sharpen the sense that something in the family's history, not just one twin's nature, shaped how differently the two turned out.
Cast & crew
Olivia Macklin and Dylan McTee lead the ensemble, supported by Avangeline Friedlander, Shawnee Smith, Lily D. Moore, Morgana Shaw, Denise Lee, and Laurence Pete. Shawnee Smith, familiar to horror audiences from other genre work, brings a grounded presence to the family drama surrounding the twins, while Macklin and McTee carry the emotional weight of the sibling divide.
Context & significance
The Other sits at the crossing point of drama, horror, and mystery, favoring slow-building dread over jump scares, and holds a 6.8 IMDb rating from viewers who responded to that patience. Running 108 minutes, the film gives its rural setting room to breathe, using long stretches of quiet farmland to underline how isolated the family really is.
Where & how to watch
The Other streams on K-Time with Persian subtitles, making it accessible to Farsi-speaking audiences. A K-Time account is required to watch; the page itself can be read without logging in.