In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
"Something else is out there."
Top Billed Cast
Helena Zengel
Yuri
Willem Dafoe
Maxim
Emily Watson
Dasha
Finn Wolfhard
Petro
Carol Bors
Oleg
Andrei Antoniu Anghel
Vlad
Razvan Stoica
Ivan
David Andrei Baltatu
Gleb
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
C Chris SawinVerified TMDB Critic
2025-04-23
An animal species known as the ochi have been attacking people, destroying crops, and causing general destruction to a remote village on the small island of Carpathia. Maxim (Willem Dafoe) has taken it upon himself to lead every young boy on the island to hunt and kill the ochi before their chaotic conduct ruins any more Carpathian livelihoods.
Maxim’s daughter Yuri (Helena Zengel, News of the World) doesn’t share her father’s kill or be killed rational towards the ochi. So when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi she takes it upon herself to take him home even though she has to risk h...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2025-08-16
The young “Yuri” (Helena Zengel) has been brought up to be very wary of, and to hunt ruthlessly, the Carpathian Ochi. These are red, gorilla-like, creatures that inhabit the forest high above the home she shares with her father (Willem Dafoe) and “Petro” (Finn Wolfhard). Her dad blames these creatures for just about every crime in the book, but more especially for corrupting her now estranged mother “Dasha” (Emily Watson) and is determined not to rest until they are all just pelts. Whilst she is tending to one of their numerous traps one evening, she discovers a young creature whic...
