Nightmare nanny returns in new take on '90s hit thriller, 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'

""It's a very different film. It's really, I think, taking it to a very current, modern place in all aspects," said Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Winstead plays a mom in need of a nanny. Maika Monroe plays the young woman she selects for the job. Like the original, there is a dark twist at play. It's just not the same twist."

""Just the idea of re-making that movie was so intimidating. So at first, I was really reluctant, you know, because it's touching such an iconic and legendary film," said Cervera. "When I know that I could build a whole movie that could stand on its own, that had its own identity, I was, like, OK, I could work on this project.""

""We've talked about how great the energy of the '90s thriller is so fun and fantastic, and we all love it," said Winstead. "But that gets to kind of exist in that place and now we have this that kind of exists in our current time." "At the end of the day, you're still going to be totally creeped out and terrified, which is what you want from a film like this," said Winstead."

A modern remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle reimagines the 1990s thriller with a different dark twist and contemporary setting. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as a mother who hires a nanny played by Maika Monroe. Filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera reshaped the original material to create a distinct identity while retaining the genre's suspense and scare factor. Cast and crew intentionally nod to the energetic tone of '90s thrillers but place the story in current cultural and technological contexts. The film aims to leave viewers creeped out and terrified. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle streams on Hulu.

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