Episode 139. Labour Pains: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

Faculty of Horror

Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Spring has sprung so it’s time to get into the greenhouse! In this episode, Alex and Andrea investigate the differences between mother and caretaker, the privilege of home upkeep, and why yuppies love windchimes. More content over on our Patreon! REQUIRED READING The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. Dir. Curtis Hanson, 1992. EXTRA […]

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the Faculty of Horror Podcasting from the Horrid Halls of Academia.
0:04.9	I'm Alex West with...
0:06.0	Andrea Subisati. Welcome back to another month of horror.
0:10.1	Yee! And before we get into this particular movie and the rest of the episode,
0:15.3	we just want to remind everyone that Salem Horror Fest is coming up Fast and Furious at the
0:20.7	right-bang smack of May.
0:23.3	Yeah.
0:23.8	So if you're hearing this when this episode drops, we are likely on our way to Salem.
0:29.1	And on Saturday, May 3rd, we are going to be doing our live episode on The Substance.
0:35.8	So excited. We don't do live episodes all that often, but our residency
0:40.3	in Salem has been going on pretty much since the fest started. We're always so excited to go back,
0:46.2	even though travel to the U.S. is a little weird this year. We are being optimistic.
0:52.0	Let's get back to the subject at hand.
0:55.8	Another month of inquiry into a movie that is, how do you want to say?
1:02.4	Oh, it's trash.
1:04.3	This is a serious feminist podcast, or so the negative reviews of us seem to think.
1:10.1	But that's not to say that we don't dumpster dive in occasion into something light,
1:15.1	fluffy, ridiculous.
1:17.3	But this movie for me was a very fun watch where I was able to pull out some interesting
1:23.2	shit going on.
1:24.5	So Curtis Hansen made a bat-shit, hilarious movie in 1992, the hand that rocks
1:31.3	the cradle. Yeah. This is kind of at the forefront of the domestic thriller, which is kind of an
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