FREE: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (VHS, 1992) Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay THRILLER

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Claire Bartel (Annabella Sciorra) is pregnant with her second child. At a routine checkup, she is sexually assaulted by the obstetrician, Dr. Victor Mott (John de Lancie). Claire tells her husband, Michael (Matt McCoy), and they report the incident to the authorities. Four more women come forward with similar complaints and Dr. Mott commits suicide to avoid being arrested and charged.
Dr. Mott's pregnant widow (Rebecca De Mornay) meets with her lawyers. She is told that her husband's assets have been frozen because of the lawsuits and that she will lose her luxurious home. Mrs. Mott collapses, goes into early labor, loses her baby and, after hemorrhaging, is given an emergency hysterectomy. While recovering in the hospital, she sees a news story showing Claire as the woman who alerted the authorities about her husband.
Months pass and Claire gives birth to a boy, Joey. Mrs. Mott, using the pseudonym Peyton Flanders, applies for the position of nanny and tricks them into hiring her by feigning the baby's rescue from choking. A close friend, Marlene Craven (Julianne Moore), warns Claire not to let an attractive woman get a position of power in the family quoting "The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world" from the poem by William Ross Wallace.
Peyton wages a campaign to undermine Claire. She begins breastfeeding Joey in secret (which causes him to no longer take his own mother's milk), encourages Emma (Madeline Zima) to keep secrets from her mother, tempts Michael with her sexuality and plants the thought in Claire's head that Michael may be having an affair with Marlene. Peyton suggests that he arrange a surprise birthday party for Claire, leading to Marlene and Michael having to meet in secret. Claire accuses Michael of having an affair with Marlene, only to find the surprise party, including Marlene and her husband Marty, waiting in the next room.