The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Page #6

Synopsis: Peyton Flanders (Rebecca De Mornay) seemed to be the perfect nanny, but secretly she was out to wreck the lives of the family she was supposed to be helping. Before becoming the nanny, Peyton had a miscarriage due to the stress caused by the death of her husband, Dr. Victor Mott (John de Lancie), and blamed it on Claire (the mother, played by Annabella Sciorra),. Claire suspects nothing, having never met Peyton before.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Curtis Hanson
Production: Disney
  5 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
1992
110 min
799 Views


do you understand?

- Yeah.

Stay here.

Michael?

Claire.

Oh.

- Michael.

- I'm okay. She's in the house.

I- I can't move.

My legs are broken.

- I'll get the kids.

- Call the police.

Mommy?

- 9-1-1, what is your emergency?

- Hello, yeah.

We need help at

808 North Yakima.

Mommy!

My family!

It's my family.

It's okay, Emma.

Mommy's here.

I'm gonna take you and Joe.

We're gonna have a real family.

You never have to see

those people again.

So tell your mommy,

where's Joe?

Huh?

Where is he?

He's in there.

You're not my mommy!

Emma!

Shh, quiet.

Emma!

Emma!

Emma.

You're being

very bad, Emma.

You.

- You give him over.

- No!

- No?

- No!

You give me my baby or

I'll bash your skull in!

Peyton!

It's my family,

Peyton.

Don't hurt my mommy!

Something the matter,

Claire?

When your husband makes love to you,

it's my face he sees.

When your baby's hungry,

it's my breast

that feeds him.

Look at you.

When push

comes to shove,

you can't even breathe.

No.

- Now give him to me.

- No!

No!

Owww!

Noooo!

Oh, Solomon.

He's okay.

I- I didn't hurt him.

- I know, I know.

- Okay?

Shhh.

Emma! Emma, it's okay.

Come on, come on,

up we go.

- Mommy!

- Oh.

Let's go down

to daddy, okay?

Solomon, I need you

to do something for me.

I need you to take

Joey downstairs.

Oh no, I'm not supposed to...

handle the baby.

That's okay.

I trust you, Solomon.

It's okay?

Okay? Yeah.

Oh boy. Oh. There you are.

- Come on, sweetheart.

- Oh, he's a big baby.

- Let's go and get Daddy.

- Oh, my... little baby.

Solomon?

Come on.

Oh boy.

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