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Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are a formidable pair, but there’s little hope for streaming remakes that feel like they were only conceived as content.
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead in ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
September 23, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Is there something wrong with my mom?” “You’re mom’s pretending to be someone else…” “Who is she?” Only one way to find out! Hulu has revealed the main official trailer for a horror remake called The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, based on the original 1992 movie of the same name directed by Curtis Hanson. That 90s film starred Annabella Sciorra & Rebecca De Mornay and is more of a vicious vengeance tale than horror story. This new take on The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is from Mexican horror filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Caitlin Morales, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy, into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be. Garza explains: “We build a whole different kind of thriller,” hinting that it’s not so much a remake but something new. The film also stars Maika Monroe as Polly Murphy, Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome, and Shannon Cochran. This definitely looks very sneaky & twisted, Polly is certainly up to something with this family. Even though it’s skipping theaters, this seems like it might be worth a watch.
Trailer (+ poster) for Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, via YouTube:
“Good help is hard to find.” A remake of the horror film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle from 1992. An upscale suburban mom brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy, into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is directed by Mexican genre filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera, director of the horror film Huesera: The Bone Woman and the series “La Hora Marcada” previously, plus many short films. The screenplay is written by Micah Bloomberg, based on the original 1992 screenplay written by Amanda Silver. Produced by Ted Field, Michael Schaefer, Mike Larocca. Made by 20th Century Studios, Department M, Radar Pictures. 20th Century will debut The Hand That Rocks the Cradle film streaming on Hulu directly starting on October 22nd, 2025 this fall. Any good? Scarier than before?
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Over the course of her career, Maika Monroe has emerged as one of our most reliable modern scream queens. Between “The Guest,” “It Follows,” “Watcher,” “Greta,” “Villains,” “Longlegs,” “Tau,” and many more, when you see her name in horror movie credits, you can usually bet that Monroe will be the blood-soaked final girl we’re all cheering for to the bitter end.
So that makes it all the more interesting that, for her next horror feature, a remake of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 horror hit “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” (which starred Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra), Monroe is this time playing the baddie. Per the film‘s official synopsis: “Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Caitlin Morales, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy (Maika Monroe), into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be.”
If you’ve seen Hanson’s film or are at all familiar with its concept, you know that the nanny isn’t our sympathetic heroine here. She’s the one doing the rocking (of all kinds! physically, mentally, and emotionally!) and upending the lives of a seemingly nice and normal suburban family. What a delicious twist for Monroe.
The remake, directed by “Huesera: The Bone Woman” filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera will arrive on Hulu just in time for Halloween. It also stars Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome, and Shannon Cochran, and is written by Micah Bloomberg based on a screenplay by Amanda Silver. The producers are Michael Schaefer, Mike LaRocca, and Ted Field, and the executive producers are Michael Napoliello, Maria Frisk, and Seth William Meier.
“The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” will start streaming on Hulu on Wednesday, October 22. Check out the film’s first trailer below.
Cradle Of Filth have announced the firing of guitarist Marek “Ashok” Šmerda – find out more below.
Last night, Cradle Of Filth and frontman Dani Filth took to social media to announce that they have fired Šmerda with immediate effect. The post came hours after Šmerda shared his own posts announcing that he would be leaving Cradle Of Filth at the end of their current tour.
His wife, Zoe Marie Federoff who was also in the band as keyboardist, also left the band mid-tour a day before Šmerda’s announcement. The couple cited “certain events” within the band as their reasons for wanting to leave.
Šmerda’s post revealed that the couple “do not feel like Cradle can provide for our future, and in fact hinders it. Among other reasons it is a lot of work for relatively low pay, the stress is quite high, and we haven’t felt for a while like this band actually prioritizing/caring about members. It has been years of unprofessional behavior from people above us that led to our decision.”
In response, Cradle Of Filth and Dani Filth have fired Šmerda with immediate effect. Filth wrote, addressing Šmerda’s and Federoof’s exits: “Thank you for your understanding in this horrible matter, we are all in a state of shock over proceedings and will share our side to these unfortunate events in due course. Please, respect our decision to part with Ashok now rather than at the end of the tour and avoid speculation as more clarity on the situation will be provided.”
“The rest of the band are cool, even if taken aback, and accusations toward management, who work very closely with me and the band are completely unjust and unfounded. Patience is a virtue and the truth will always come out.”
The band also confirmed that they will be proceeding with the rest of their tour despite being short of one guitarist and “all attempts to illegally defame and derail the band”.
It is currently unclear if Dani and Cradle Of Filth are seeking legal action against the couple for their “illegal” attempts at “defamation”.
Additionally, Šmerda has asked that his contributions to the band’s future releases, including the long-gestating collaboration with Ed Sheeran, be scrapped: “I have also asked all compositions of mine removed from upcoming releases including Ed Sheeran collab. This song feels like foolish clown antics for me at this point anyways- first it was charity single for kids, then for profit single, then on next album, and now who knows and I just do not want to be involved anymore, no disrespect to Ed Sheeran.”
The Ed Sheeran collaboration has been in the works for several years, dating all the way back to 2021. Work on the track was progressing in 2022 according to Filth, with that then being halted due to Sheeran becoming a father. Filth was then pictured at the pub with Sheeran and producer Scott Atkins in late 2022, with a tentative release date of summer 2023 then set.
Earlier this year, Dani Filth continued to talk up the collaboration, saying the track was “done and dusted”, but would later leave it off the band’s latest record.
Federoff joined Cradle of Filth in 2022, and was a part of the line-up when they shared their latest album ‘The Screaming Of The Valkyries’ in March 2025. Šmerda has been in the group for over a decade. They announced their engagement to celebrate New Year’s Day 2024, and officially tied the knot earlier this year – with Dani Filth in attendance.