Why This 'Hand That Rocks the Cradle' Remake Has Me Both Excited and Nervous — Not Exactly Usual Disney Magic
A cult ’90s thriller reborn where you’d least expect.
Curiosity about the stranger corners of Disney’s streaming catalogue led me straight to this little bombshell: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is getting a remake, arriving on Disney+ this October. Filming only wrapped in March 2025 — barely five months from set to stream.
This time, Maika Monroe (Longlegs) teams with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, under the direction of Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman), from a script by Micah Bloomberg (The Report). Not your usual Disney line-up, and that’s exactly the appeal.
The 1992 original, directed by the late Curtis Hanson, saw Rebecca De Mornay as the ultimate 'nanny from hell' — infiltrating a family to steal both children and husband. It was pure suburban camp, and some of us loved every trashy second.
Will Cervera’s take keep that wicked edge or reinvent it for the streaming age? Either way, it’s rare to see Disney+ move this fast — and rarer still to see them host a thriller this twisted.
