The Hand that rocks the cradle (1992)

Director: Curtis Hanson

Starring: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy

After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.

A psychological thriller at its best. Rebecca De Mornay is very good as the sweet, sensitive nanny, yet so disturbed at the same time. This is essentially a story about revenge gone wrong. Rebecca plays a woman who poses as a nanny to avenge the woman she believes is responsible for her husband’s suicide and her miscarriage as a result of what happened. In the process she tries to take everything from Claire (played by Sciorra). Annabella Sciorra was ok in her role, but the way she used the asthma pumps were just not believable. Anyone and everyone who has or knows about asthma will immediately know the pumps will provide no relief whatsoever the way she handles them. Despite that, this was a very good film.

The film won several awards and was also nominated for Best Horror. The film earned $88 million on an $11.7 million budget.