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Claire Bartel (Annabella Sciorra) is mother to Emma (Madeline Zima) and pregnant with her second child. At a routine checkup, Claire is molested by an obstetrician, Dr. Victor Mott (John de Lancie), who is replacing her retired doctor. Claire tells her husband, Michael (Matt McCoy), about being sexually violated and 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 to avoid being arrested by the authorities.
Dr. Mott's pregnant widow (Rebecca De Mornay) meets with her lawyers and is told that her husband's assets have been frozen, that she will eventually have to leave their luxurious home after having the baby, and that the lawsuits may still continue. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Mott goes into premature labor, but hemorrhages badly and loses her baby, causing her to require an emergency hysterectomy. Later on, while still recovering in the hospital, Mrs. Mott sees a news story on television showing Claire as the woman who alerted authorities about her husband. Mrs. Mott blames Claire for her personal losses and financial ruin.
Months pass and Claire gives birth to a boy, Joey. The Bartels have hired a worker named Solomon (Ernie Hudson), a man with a developmental disability, to perform some handywork around the house, such as building a new fence. Solomon takes a liking to the family and wishes to hold baby Joey, but Claire asks him not to. Michael is insistent that the Bartels look for a nanny to help with the children. Claire, in the process of building a greenhouse in the couple's backyard so that she can start a side plant business, goes along only reluctantly, believing she is perfectly capable of doing both as well as being wary of hiring a complete stranger to take care of Joey. Mrs. Mott, now under the pseudonym Peyton Flanders, applies for the position and is hired after deliberately placing the back of one of Claire's earrings (which was constantly falling off) into baby Joey's mouth and feigning the baby's rescue from potentially choking.
Mrs. Mott begins to subtly terrorize the family in a delusional attempt to replace Claire. She begins breastfeeding Joey in secret (which causes him to no longer take his own mother's milk), encourages Emma to keep secrets from her mother, tempts Michael with her sexuality and plants the thought in Claire's head that Michael may be having an affair with close friend and former girlfriend, Marlene Craven (Julianne Moore). Mrs. Mott furthers this notion by suggesting that he and Marlene plan a surprise birthday party for Claire, thus leading to Marlene and Michael having to meet in secret. Marlene earlier warns Claire to not let "Peyton" get too close to the family, quoting the line, "The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world" from the poem "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" by William Ross Wallace.
Mrs. Mott continues with her attempt to destroy the family and tries to turn
Dr. Mott's pregnant widow (Rebecca De Mornay) meets with her lawyers and is told that her husband's assets have been frozen, that she will eventually have to leave their luxurious home after having the baby, and that the lawsuits may still continue. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Mott goes into premature labor, but hemorrhages badly and loses her baby, causing her to require an emergency hysterectomy. Later on, while still recovering in the hospital, Mrs. Mott sees a news story on television showing Claire as the woman who alerted authorities about her husband. Mrs. Mott blames Claire for her personal losses and financial ruin.
Months pass and Claire gives birth to a boy, Joey. The Bartels have hired a worker named Solomon (Ernie Hudson), a man with a developmental disability, to perform some handywork around the house, such as building a new fence. Solomon takes a liking to the family and wishes to hold baby Joey, but Claire asks him not to. Michael is insistent that the Bartels look for a nanny to help with the children. Claire, in the process of building a greenhouse in the couple's backyard so that she can start a side plant business, goes along only reluctantly, believing she is perfectly capable of doing both as well as being wary of hiring a complete stranger to take care of Joey. Mrs. Mott, now under the pseudonym Peyton Flanders, applies for the position and is hired after deliberately placing the back of one of Claire's earrings (which was constantly falling off) into baby Joey's mouth and feigning the baby's rescue from potentially choking.
Mrs. Mott begins to subtly terrorize the family in a delusional attempt to replace Claire. She begins breastfeeding Joey in secret (which causes him to no longer take his own mother's milk), encourages Emma to keep secrets from her mother, tempts Michael with her sexuality and plants the thought in Claire's head that Michael may be having an affair with close friend and former girlfriend, Marlene Craven (Julianne Moore). Mrs. Mott furthers this notion by suggesting that he and Marlene plan a surprise birthday party for Claire, thus leading to Marlene and Michael having to meet in secret. Marlene earlier warns Claire to not let "Peyton" get too close to the family, quoting the line, "The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world" from the poem "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" by William Ross Wallace.
Mrs. Mott continues with her attempt to destroy the family and tries to turn
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00:00A woman discovered something terrifying during her prenatal checkup.
00:03The male doctor strangely sent the female nurse out of the room.
00:06Under the guise of an examination, he brazenly unfastened the woman's top.
00:09The woman felt an inexplicable humiliation, allowing the man's fingers to wander over her chest.
00:14She could only force a smile to hide her embarrassment, but as the doctor's hands grasped,
00:19the woman felt a trace of unease, yet she didn't dare make a sound.
00:22The doctor seemed to see through the woman's timidity.
00:24He then asked her to spread her legs.
00:26The male doctor skillfully put on rubber gloves, but he took advantage when the woman's view
00:30was blocked, and secretly took the leather gloves off.
00:32The male doctor perversely began the gynecological exam.
00:35He thought his actions were unseen and unknown, but the woman faintly sensed something strange.
00:40Yet, suffering because she was a pregnant woman, she could only choose to swallow her anger,
00:44letting the male doctor do as he pleased here.
00:46When the examination ended, the woman fled the hospital in panic.
00:49She returned home, and stayed in the bathroom for a full three hours.
00:53The woman couldn't believe what she had experienced.
00:55Soon the husband noticed his wife's abnormality.
00:57She truthfully recounted the incident to him.
01:00The woman wasn't sure if this was the normal procedure, but the doctor's behavior made her
01:04feel sick.
01:04Encouraged by her husband, they ultimately chose to report it to the police.
01:08Soon the incident blew up online.
01:10Once the scandal broke, multiple women also came forward simultaneously.
01:14Under the pressure of public opinion, the male doctor ultimately chose to commit suicide.
01:18The next day the newspapers heavily publicized the man's scandal.
01:21The woman thought life had returned to normal.
01:23Little did she know this was just the start of the nightmare.
01:26Soon the baby was successfully born.
01:28Lisa wanted to build a greenhouse garden in the backyard.
01:31Jeff was very supportive, but he thought neither of them could care for the child like this,
01:34so he suggested hiring a nanny.
01:36The next morning, Daisy came for the interview through the agency,
01:39but her glamorous appearance didn't seem like a nanny's at all.
01:42Under Lisa's questioning, Daisy then told the truth.
01:45It turned out a month ago, she lost the baby in her womb due to an accident,
01:49and lost the ability to bear children forever.
01:50That's why she wanted to find a nanny job.
01:53It could also indirectly fulfill her dream of being a mother.
01:55Just then Jeff returned home.
01:57When he saw their sweet interaction, a hint of jealousy showed in Daisy's eyes.
02:01The couple warmly invited her to stay for dinner.
02:03However, when Lisa held the child and prepared to sit down,
02:06she accidentally dropped her earring, but Daisy saw it and chose not to speak up.
02:10After the dinner, the couple was discussing whether to hire this nanny.
02:13When Daisy overheard their conversation to fight for this job, Daisy suddenly screamed in fright.
02:17The couple rushed back to the room.
02:20Unexpectedly, Daisy took out that earring, told them she found it in the baby's mouth.
02:23She thus gained their trust.
02:25Daisy easily got the job.
02:26The next day she moved in with her luggage, and brought a wind chime,
02:29said it could help the baby sleep.
02:31Lisa kindly showed her around the house, and thoughtfully prepared the spare room.
02:35However, late at night, when everyone was fast asleep,
02:37Daisy secretly went to the baby's room.
02:39She carefully closed the door, afraid of waking the couple next door.
02:43Looking at the infant before her, the woman slowly picked up a pillow nearby.
02:46Just when you'd think she was about to do something beastly.
02:49Unexpectedly, Daisy slowly placed the pillow against the crib.
02:52Then she opened her clothes, and actually started breastfeeding the baby.
02:55Looking at the baby in her arms, Daisy felt a hint of happiness.
02:59The next day Lisa was carefully getting dressed.
03:01Daisy again looked at her with envy.
03:03She lied, saying the other should wear black clothes.
03:05But Lisa didn't intend to take her advice.
03:07Insisted that red suited her better.
03:09Daisy looked at the dress on the bed, then looked at the perfume on the table.
03:12A wicked idea suddenly arose.
03:14The moment Lisa finished changing clothes, she found something staining the collar.
03:18Daisy hurriedly offered to clean it for Lisa, but was told the perfume was hard to wash off.
03:23She could only change into a plain dress.
03:24Lisa hurriedly left home with her friend, and Daisy stayed home to look after the child.
03:28The friend warned Lisa,
03:30Never keep an attractive woman around.
03:32Otherwise, it might affect your position as the lady of the house.
03:35But naive Lisa didn't take it to heart.
03:37In the following days, Daisy would put the girl to sleep every day,
03:40while also secretly breastfeeding the infant.
03:42She was more like a real mother.
03:43Even the neighbors thought the child was hers.
03:46He has your eyes, you know.
03:51Do you really think so?
03:53Oh, absolutely.
03:55This made Daisy feel extremely happy, and indirectly revealed her true feelings.
03:59How she wished she could live in a family like this.
04:01One day Daisy learned from the girl, that she was often bullied by classmates at school.
04:05But her mother taught her always to be polite and yielding.
04:08Angered by this, Daisy found the boy, without a word, dragged him to the wall.
04:12Humiliated the boy in front of the whole class.
04:14This made the girl start to see her in a new light.
04:16One day Lisa returned home, but the child refused to breastfeed.
04:20She found Daisy, and told her about the baby's unusual behavior.
04:23But Daisy outright denied her suspicion.
04:25What Lisa didn't know was, the reason the child refused her breast milk,
04:29was all because of Daisy, secretly making the baby accustomed to her scent.
04:32While the two were talking, the husband hurried out with documents.
04:35When she learned he was going out to mail them,
04:37Lisa said she happened to be going to the post office too.
04:40So he gave the letters to his wife.
04:41But when Lisa arrived at the post office, she found the letters in her bag were gone.
04:45It turned out Daisy, while she was working, secretly took the letters from the bag.
04:49Then she hid in the bathroom, and tore Jeff's important documents to shreds.
04:53She was jealous of Lisa having such a happy family,
04:55and even more jealous of her having such a loving husband.
04:58When Lisa told Daisy about losing the letters, she acted particularly surprised.
05:02In a panic, Lisa also had an asthma attack.
05:04And Daisy, seeing this, was secretly pleased.
05:07When she returned home, she kept apologizing to her husband.
05:10Even though it was her work result from nearly half a year, he still didn't blame his wife.
05:14The next day he was working in the lab as usual.
05:17Unexpectedly, Daisy showed up.
05:19She knew Lisa's birthday was coming soon, so she suggested throwing her a party.
05:23Jeff was very grateful to hear this.
05:24After all, it wasn't the kind of romance a nerd like him could think of.
05:27He was glad to have found such a good nanny.
05:29Daisy saw Jeff staring intently at her, and deliberately took off her coat in front of him.
05:33But this also attracted the attention of his melon-eating colleagues.
05:37Jeff, worried about being misunderstood by them, briefly said a few words and sent Daisy away.
05:41After returning, she breastfed the baby again, but was accidentally seen by the family's gardener.
05:46When Daisy found her secret was exposed, she found the gardener and threatened him,
05:50and scolded him to keep his mouth shut.
05:51Then she went to Lisa, and started speaking ill of the gardener.
05:54But the man had worked for their family for years.
05:57Lisa found it hard to believe Daisy's nonsense.
05:59But she found in the gardener's toolbox, a piece of her daughter's underwear.
06:03Clearly, this was Daisy's scheme.
06:04But Lisa was completely kept in the dark.
06:06She angrily found the gardener, and kicked the man out of the house.
06:09The daughter was disappointed in her mother because of this.
06:12Instead, she grew closer to Daisy, even telling Daisy all her secrets.
06:16The daughter didn't understand why her mother fired the gardener.
06:19But Daisy said maybe Lisa didn't like him, and worried she herself might be kicked out one day too.
06:23This made the daughter dislike her mother even more, even thinking she was a bad person.
06:27One day the friend found Lisa.
06:29Unexpectedly, the baby was crying incessantly.
06:31No matter how she tried, she couldn't get the child to stop.
06:34However, when Daisy took the baby, the child instantly started smiling.
06:38This also made Lisa seem very embarrassed.
06:40Luckily, a breeze blew by.
06:42The pleasant wind chime sound eased the awkward atmosphere.
06:44At night the couple was sleeping.
06:46Jeff was suddenly awakened by a noise.
06:48He thought a thief had broken in.
06:49But the scene before him stunned the man.
06:51Daisy's thin nightgown, made her full body faintly visible.
06:54This made Jeff lose his focus for a moment.
06:56Daisy saw the opportunity had come.
06:58She just wanted to invite the man to sit down for a drink.
07:01But unexpectedly, Jeff was a gentleman.
07:03He said goodnight to Daisy and hurried away.
07:05This also surprised Daisy.
07:07The next day Lisa came to do laundry, but found a lighter in her husband's pocket.
07:10But her husband had clearly quit smoking long ago.
07:13So whose was this?
07:14Lisa thought her friend had betrayed her.
07:16She angrily confronted Jeff.
07:17But unexpectedly, the house was already full of guests.
07:20This made Lisa feel very embarrassed.
07:22The friend quickly left the scene.
07:23Lisa apologized for today's impulsiveness.
07:26Luckily, her husband didn't blame her.
07:28To get over this quickly, Lisa suggested the whole family go on a trip.
07:31But she didn't want to bring Daisy.
07:33Little did they know their conversation was overheard by Daisy through the toy walkie-talkie.
07:37And she learned Lisa didn't like her.
07:39She felt that since hiring this nanny, everything seemed to have changed.
07:42There was an indescribable feeling.
07:44But Jeff thought Daisy had contributed a lot to the family.
07:47He hoped his wife would treat her like family.
07:49This made Daisy develop murderous intentions towards Lisa.
07:51One morning, Daisy, while everyone was still asleep, went secretly to the greenhouse and
07:56tampered with the glass on the roof.
07:58But what she never expected was, Lisa didn't go to the greenhouse, but hurriedly left home.
08:03Meanwhile, the friend planned to buy a villa, but found an identical wind chime in the property
08:07listing.
08:07The woman instantly had a bad feeling.
08:09She hurriedly went to the library to check information.
08:12Unexpectedly, in an old newspaper, she saw Daisy's photo.
08:15The woman rushed urgently to Lisa's house.
08:17She got straight to the point and exposed Daisy's true identity.
08:20It turned out the woman was the wife of that doctor from back then, after her husband's
08:24suicide to escape guilt.
08:25She also lost all their property.
08:27And Daisy was already pregnant at that time, but was accidentally injured because of this
08:31incident.
08:32Not only did she lose her own child, but also lost the ability to become a mother.
08:36She blamed all this on Lisa.
08:37That's why she came here for revenge.
08:39Seeing her identity exposed, she quickly said Lisa was in the greenhouse behind.
08:43However, when the friend hurried over, she accidentally triggered the previously set trap.
08:47The woman was killed on the spot by the shattering glass, and Daisy watched with great relish from
08:51inside the house.
08:52Then she emptied all of Lisa's asthma medication, and contentedly threw it into the drawer.
08:57Daisy took the baby out shopping as usual, creating an alibi for herself.
09:01However, when Lisa entered the greenhouse, she saw her friend already dead at home.
09:05The sudden shock caused her asthma to attack.
09:07Lisa hurriedly ran back to her room.
09:09She wanted to call for help, but her severe asthma made her unable to speak.
09:12When she searched for the inhaler in the drawer, she found it was completely empty.
09:16Lisa struggled to walk outside.
09:18She wanted to seek help but suddenly fainted, could only quietly wait for death.
09:22Luckily, she had previously dialed the emergency number, and successfully survived.
09:26After the doctor's rescue, Lisa's life was saved, but this matter was also known by the
09:30mentally challenged gardener.
09:31But he could only wait silently downstairs.
09:34After Jeff returned home, Daisy saw the opportunity was ripe, again cast her charm on the man.
09:39This time Jeff, in a daze, almost gave in.
09:41Luckily he calmed down in time.
09:43There's only one woman in me.
09:45Hearing this, Daisy, could only disappointedly walk back to her room.
09:49Not long after, Lisa was finally discharged from the hospital.
09:52But now Daisy seemed like a different person, speaking to Lisa completely in the tone of
09:56the lady of the house.
09:57Even wearing Lisa's favorite jewelry, this made Lisa very upset.
10:00At night, when Lisa wanted to go downstairs, she found her husband enjoying himself in the
10:04living room, as if she was more of an outsider.
10:07The next day Lisa was clearing her friend's belongings, but found a note for her in the pocket.
10:11Puzzled, she went to her friend's office, and found that mansion document here.
10:15Then she drove and found this villa, and learned the history of the house from the real estate
10:18agent.
10:19The decoration style of the nursery in the villa, was exactly the same as the one in her own
10:23home.
10:24Lisa instantly understood everything.
10:25She hurriedly rushed home, without a word, threw a punch.
10:31Jeff tried to stop her, but Lisa told him the truth.
10:33Daisy, her identity exposed, was unusually calm.
10:36She didn't offer any explanation, turned and left the room.
10:40Lisa believed her friend's death was also related to Daisy.
10:42For the family's safety, they planned to move to a hotel for a few days.
10:46However, while Lisa was packing, Jeff heard a noise from the basement.
10:49He thought it was his daughter downstairs, but found it was just an alarm clock.
10:53However, when he prepared to go up, he didn't know Daisy suddenly appeared.
10:59Hearing the noise, Lisa came down to check, found her husband with broken legs.
11:03Lisa could only return to the living room to call the police, but Daisy was already behind
11:07her.
11:08At the critical moment, the daughter quickly warned.
11:10Lisa dodged a fatal blow, but Daisy, with a shovel, didn't want to let the woman go.
11:15Although she struggled desperately, she was still knocked out with one hit.
11:19Then Daisy went upstairs.
11:20She wanted to take the two children, but the crib was already empty.
11:24Daisy angrily tried to break down the door.
11:26The girl could only hide with her brother.
11:28Soon Daisy broke through the wooden door, but unexpectedly ran into the former gardener.
11:32The woman stepped towards the man, ordered him to hand over the children.
11:35Just as she was about to go insane, suddenly Lisa burst in.
11:38She grabbed a kitchen knife, but unexpectedly, Daisy wasn't afraid at all.
11:42Knocked the dagger away with a few moves, then kicked her down.
11:45But just as she was about to finish Lisa, suddenly a large hand covered her mouth.
11:49But how could the kind-hearted gardener bring himself to do it?
11:52Daisy broke free from the arm, and gave him a beating.
11:54But then Lisa got up from the floor, and charged madly at Daisy.
12:02This nightmare life was finally over.
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