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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} ''[[The Hand That Rocks the Cradle]]'' is a 1992 American thriller about a vengeful nanny out to destroy a naïve woman and steal her family. Claire Bartel (Annabella Sciorra) is pregnant with her second child. At a routine checkup, Claire is molested by an obstetrician, Dr. Victor Mott (John de Lancie), and when Claire tells her husband (Matt ~~[[Mc Coy]]~~McCoy), the couple decide to report the incident to the authorities. Four more women come forward to corroborate the Bartels' story and Dr. Mott commits suicide. Dr. Mott's widow (Rebecca De Mornay), after losing her child from the stress of her husband's suicide, vows revenge on Claire's family, and sets herself up as a nanny that the family hires, not knowing her true identity. Now calling herself Peyton Flanders, Mrs. Mott begins working covertly to bring the family down. {{Needs More Info}} ~~----~~ ~~== Contains examples of: ==~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Ax Crazy]]: Peyton. * [[Babysitter From Hell]] * [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Peyton Mott, obviously. Also doubles as a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]. * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The wind chimes at both houses. The baby monitor, which saved the baby. [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard\|Peyton had used it throughout the movie to eavesdrop on the Bartels.]] * [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Solomon * [[Convenient Miscarriage]]: Kicks off Peyton's plot. * [[Creepy Physical]]: Claire's doctor molests her during a physical examination, leading her to file charges and kicking off the events of the movie. * [[Disney Villain Death]]: Literally, since this ''is'' in fact a Disney movie (via their Hollywood Pictures division). ** Not played totally straight, though; we see where the victim lands, and [[Impaled ~~With~~with Extreme Prejudice\|it's on a picket fence]]. * [[Evil Is Sexy]]: If it's Rebecca Demornay * [[The Fake Cutie]]: Peyton Mott. * [[Frame -Up]]: Peyton considers it convenient to get rid of Solomon, so she steals the panties of her employer's five-year-old daughter and plants them in his room. With this "evidence" in place, she starts accusing him of pedophilia. At the end, he goes [[Papa Wolf]] to protect the baby when Peyton assaults Claire. * [[Gambit Roulette]]: Peyton's plot to ruin Claire's life. * [[Idiot Ball]]: Marlene holds it firmly in her hands when she reveals to Peyton that she knows who she is, prompting Peyton to lure her to her death. It's especially bad considering that she's been suspicious of Peyton from the moment they met. Line 32 ⟶ 33: * [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Claire, oh so much. * [[Villain Protagonist]]: Peyton is arguably the focus of the film, despite being the villain. * [[Yandere]]: Peyton, a ~~particular~~particularly frightening one. {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:~~One~~The ~~Hundred~~100 Scariest Movie Moments]] [[Category:The Hand That Rocks ~~The~~the Cradle]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The}} [[Category:~~Trope~~Film]]