One of the biggest box office hits of the 1990s, and one that instilled a certain paranoia among live-in caretakers and homeowners, Curtis Hanson’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was a terrifying cautionary tale for would-be nannies and the families hoping to hire them. Starring Annabella Sciorra and Matt McCoy as a loving couple who are terrorised by faux-nanny Rebecca DeMornay, it may have unnerved audiences at the time, but all that fear translated to big box office dollars.
It’s also led to an inevitable reboot, and now, under the direction of Michelle Garza Cervera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Raúl Castillo are the suburban couple who take in the seemingly qualified Maika Monroe, only to discover she’s not the person she claims to be.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is set to petrify a whole new audience this Halloween season when it arrives on Disney+ in Australia and Hulu in the United States from October 22nd, 2025.
