There’s something about Maika Monroe’s eyes that has come to signal a certain psychological acuity in the horror movies that have become her specialty over the years. Whether she’s playing a haunted FBI agent in Longlegs, an isolated wife in Watcher, or a death-stalked teenager in It Follows, she conveys more than fear. It’s like a suspicion, sometimes growing and sometimes wearily matured, that things can always get worse.

Monroe maintains that quality in the new Hulu version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, streaming Oct. 22, even when she’s recast into the stalker role originally played by Rebecca De Mornay. Monroe plays Polly, a hardscrabble but seemingly dedicated babysitter-turned-nanny for an upper-class family. She’s hired by Caitlyn, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, well-mat

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