The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Movie • 1992 • Drama  

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A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
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Does the dog die?
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No dogs appear on screen. Barking is audible in one scene but there is no reason to believe that the unseen dog came to harm.
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is there decapitation?
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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A character physically assaults a boy who bullies the girl in her care.
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there addiction?
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Only nicotine.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Is there pedophilia?
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An OB/GYN sexually assaults multiple patients, one on screen.
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Bodily Harm
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A character shaves while singing with his daughter in the opening scene. A person receives fatal cuts from falling glass later in the movie.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Imherenow
The main character's friend, Marlene (Marl), is impaled by falling glass in the greenhouse. So technically she was crushed to death 😔
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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A character has multiple asthma attacks, including one in which another character emptied all of their inhalers, resulting in a collapse and areas of their lips and face turning blue.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Jake18
The main character suffers from asthma and has a few attacks throughout. It's very audible and actually quite frightening.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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A character falls over the railing at the top of a set of stairs, breaking both legs. The scene is not graphic.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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A character gets shoved out an attic window near the end of the movie, falling to their death.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Imherenow
The antagonist asks Solomon if he is one (twice)
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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A married doctor sexually assaults patients, I'm not sure if acts of violence count as cheating. Another character is later falsely accused of sexual assault but eventually cleared of any wrongdoing.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A character attempts to kidnap two children but fails.
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Fear
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A character showers after coming home from a traumatic OB/GYN appointment.
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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ycats333
safe :)
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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There are two hospital scenes, one near the beginning and one closer to the end.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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ycats333
there is a suicide.
not shown. but just off camera

spoiler*
gunshot
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there misophonia?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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A suicide by gunshot occurs just off camera near the beginning of the movie.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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A character appears in labor near the beginning of the movie but the fetus dies.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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A character has a miscarriage after her husband's suicide. The physical trauma also makes an emergency hysterectomy necessary.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
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The only black character survives the movie.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A character repeatedly uses the r-slur against a man with a cognitive disability before slapping him and framing him for sexual abuse of a child. They later attempt to induce a fatal asthma attack and taunt another character about their asthma.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Jake18
The couple's friends give the main couple some grief about having a "hot nanny."
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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There is a near miss as a character speeds through the city streets, but no cars crash.
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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There are some scenes where small amounts of blood are visible.
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Does someone drown?
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