When the Bough Breaks (2016) poster
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FilmPG-132016

When the Bough Breaks

DramaThriller

Directed by Jon Cassar

A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child. From TMDB

11 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews) · newest May 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 19, 2026 · How this works

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When the Bough Breaks is a 2016 drama thriller film, directed by Jon Cassar, starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall and Jaz Sinclair.

  • 10 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews
  • posts span Sep 10, 2016 to May 4, 2026

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  • Brennan Storr @largelythetruth.comBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    #4: WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS (1994) dir. Michael Cohn Another TV movie, this one a little more wobbly. Some baffling plot choices that occasionally veer into giallo territory (think DEEP RED), and even Martin Sheen seems not to know what he's doing there

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  • Geeky Facts and Stats @geekyfactsandstats.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    FEBRUARY 15 - On This Day in Star Trek US Airdates When the Bough Breaks (TNG, 1988) Tapestry (TNG, 1993) UK Terrestrial Airdates A Matter of Time (TNG, 1995) The Circle (DS9, 1996) No Movie releases #OTD #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #DeepSpaceNine

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  • Michael Nazarewycz 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 ✍🏻📼 🤙🏻 @heymichaelnaz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    #NowWatching #25Y24F #1971 Waris Hussein's WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS [1986] Original Watch: 10/12/86 on Network Television Current Watch: 07/08/25 via DVD

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  • Ian Titular @ukiyaseed.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2025

    It is today that I learn that the Martin Sheen and Ally Walker movie called "When the Bough Breaks" aired on Philippine TV as "Silence of the Lambs 2" because I saw a compilation of 90s Christmas ads here in the Philippines.

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  • geoffwood @geoffwood.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2023

    Not sure if cashing in on SOUND OF FREEDOM fever, but Tubi just added the 1986 Ted Danson TV movie WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS which sounds like a great secret holy text for QAnon people, and I bet Ted Danson loves acknowledging that that exists.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2026

    The (movie) When the Bough Breaks 4K (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Horror) (iMDB) 4.9 Cast: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael Kenneth Williams, Glenn Morshower, Theo Rossi

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  • Mary and her Typos @msamios.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2026

    I have to say...this sent me down the rabbit hole. My brain was insisting that WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS was a 1980s TV movie that was largely populated by the cast of Guiding Light playing their Guiding Light Characters.

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  • Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2025

    • Chasing a Killer – A New Interview with Ally Walker • Before the Bough Broke – A New Interview with Producer Barbara Javitz • LSV Movie Night: When The Bough Breaks (with Kelsey Dee) • Trailer • Image and Stills Gallery • Optional English, Spanish & German Subtitles

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2025

    The (movie) When the Bough Breaks (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(UK) for £3.99 Cast: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael Kenneth Williams, Glenn Morshower, Theo Rossi Genre: (Horror) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/when_the_b...

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  • Reno @RanganTMDB reviews · Dec 24, 2016

    It's like a falling tree dropping a seed on the ground. I have to agree with the film critics on this one. Felt like I have already seen this film, but it turned out to be a very familiar thriller theme. It had plenty of issues and the first thing was the main plot in which the story built on. The mother-child connection is a very sensitive matter and that's where the film got stumbled. Even though they wanted to do film on that, they did not convince with the portrayed of the surrogate mother.…

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  • Frank Ochieng @Frank OchiengTMDB reviews · Sep 10, 2016

    The woefully generic When the Bough Breaks has the gloss factor going for it to a certain extent. Truthfully, its presentable package of panicky polish includes a stylish suspense piece highlighting an attractive cast involved in familiar dramatic cable-TV inspired shrugs and false jolts. Of course the creepy cradle falls in the mediocre When the Bough Breaks when the Jon Cassar-directed, Jack Olsen-written hollow horror showcase commits the real scare of resembling a lightweight Lifetime Movie…

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