Comments on: “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” House

By: Blanca

Blanca — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:52:33 +0000

I love the use of Bauerware in this movie. Their collection is gorgeous — and used on an everyday basis, not just on display for viewing.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:05:48 +0000

I love this house and movie! I visited Tacoma and took some pictures of this house in 1994. It was a beautiful neighborhood, and I absolutely fell in love with the place. The house did look better in white. Thanks for posting all of these great pictures!

By: Baby Ariyo

Baby Ariyo — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:21:06 +0000

This is a movie I will never forget. I’m a Nigerian, my dad got this movie during one of his trips 2 America back then when I was little, I really can’t remember how many times I saw this movie because I never got tired of seeing this movie. Even after so many years I can still remember the movie very much. This movie is simply wonderful and amazing, and I totally love it. Not to forget, I love the house and most especially the glass house.

By: Baby Ariyo

Baby Ariyo — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:17:01 +0000

By: Jen O

Jen O — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:37:56 +0000

My mom lives on Yakima too–across the street from this house! You are so right about the chaos surrounding the shoot, that entire neighborhood was miserable while the film was being made.

By: Gwynneth

Gwynneth — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:13:20 +0000

Great house, but too bad they painted everything white, as in the stunning (and huge!) Victorian in “Pacific Heights”, mentioned by Tami, who also wondered about the house in “Beetlejuice”, painted a hideous grey-fleck, pseudo granite by Catherine O’Hara***
**do I need to say SPOILER?***

after poor Gina Davis and Alec Baldwin bite the big one.

I’m NOT an opponent of 80′s-90′s white in decor at ALL (some of my fondest memories are from that era) but when it comes to Victorians, I’m a stickler! No Victorian would EVER have allowed white anywhere on a house like this, except in a bath or kitchen. Period. Esp. not on a Queen Anne. There would also not be any of the “Painted Lady” nonsense, so popular in the late 80′s and 90′s (that was only common in the 1700′s, as in Old Deerfield, MA). The colors, though varied, would be duller, more earth-toned (ochre, dark green, brown, dark red).

Fave scene in “Pacific Heights” regarding decor: Two young guys come to check out the apartments and observe (quite correctly) that all the white “is rather…CHALKY”! LOL. So true! Poor Melanie and Matthew…all that painting!

As for the Beetlejuice house. It exists, in the village of E. Topsham, VT (My sister lives there), but the “transformed” house, with that weird outdoor wall and gray stuff, does not. That was built on site but dismantled. The town is unimaginably quaint, but, if you ever go there…which you should, given its beauty, don’t expect the locals to be too forthcoming about “Flatlanders” poking around their town looking for movie sites!

As for the film (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), I found it moderately suspenseful, and DeMornay was pretty creepy (check her out as “that actress” in the John Cusack/Ray Liotta creepfest, “Identity”!), but not that much. It was far scarier watching Annabella Sciorra mishandle her asthma inhaler over and over and lay there gasping! I have asthma, and I know that feels. They needed a medical consultant on this one (like they had on ER and The X-Files!).

By: hookedonhouses

hookedonhouses — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:03:27 +0000

I can’t believe I did, either. I hang my head in shame. It has been duly noted.

By: annon

annon — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:00:20 +0000

You MIGHT want to put in there that Madeline Zima was in ‘the nanny’ for HOW MANY years (6) as Gracie…can’t believe you missed that one…

By: KM

KM — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:54:59 +0000

Hi! Not sure if it has been said or not, but Tacoma also is where “10 Things I Hate About You” is filmed… and judging by the styles of the home you showed here, the houses have to be in the same North End area! I used to live there and my husband and I would walk through those streets and pick out our favorites…the “10 Things” topped my list…but I am a sucker for baby yellow painted homes.

By: Ronda

Ronda — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:54:25 +0000

I grew up in Tacoma and my ex-husband once worked for a landscaping company that did a job at this house. A older lady owned the home at the time and was very gracious to my former huband and his crew, even preparing lunch for all of them. She shared stories about the filming. Originally most of the interior walls of the home were wood paneled or painted dark, but this made filming difficult. So the production company paid to have the walls painted a lighter color and the lady liked it so much she kept it that way.

Also originally there was no greenhouse on the property, but after the filming the owner liked it so much they left it for her and it was still there when my ex was there (this was back in 1998).