The three scariest bitches ever on film: Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female, and Rebecca De Mornay in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. All the kind of ladies you would not want to piss off, or want to trust with anything sharper than a butter knife.
Perhaps if you were born after 1985 you haven’t seen The Hand The Rocks the Cradle. You should. It’s a cheesy thriller classic. Those of us who have seen it will no doubt remember Bec as the beautiful, icy nanny, who is out for revenge, and basically to kill anyone who stands in her way. When I close my eyes I can still see the grisly end she made… but I won’t ruin it for those who haven’t had the pleasure.
THTRTC was one of the biggest films of 1992, and she followed it in 1993 in another big role, in The Three Musketeers. But after that, she pretty much disappeared from A grade roles. Sure, there’s a slew of films I have never heard of on her IMDB page, and some TV cameos. And she popped up in 2005 as the trashy Mom in Lords of Dogtown, and had a cameo in The Wedding Crashers…
But where is the old Becster now? I, for one, think we could do with another lead serving of the Ice Queen. What about you?
