Taglines: De Mented, De Ranged, De Ceptive, De Palma.
Raising Cain movie storyline. Dr. Carter Nix (John Lithgow) is a respected child psychologist. His wife, Jenny (Lolita Davidovich), becomes concerned that Carter is obsessively studying their daughter, Amy; he regards her like a scientist tracking the development of his creation. But Carter himself suffers from multiple personality disorder consisting of Cain, a street hustler, Josh, a shy 10-year-old boy, and Margo, a middle-aged nanny. Carter and Cain are killing young mothers to procure their children for his experiments.
Jenny is having an affair with Jack Dante (Steven Bauer), the widower of a former patient. She had a relationship with him years ago, but he left her. Now she plans to leave Carter and elope with him. When Carter accidentally discovers their tryst, he descends completely into his madness and begins leaving subtle clues for the police that Jack is the real killer. Next, he attempts to kill Jenny by submerging her car in a lake. She escapes and confronts Carter at home. Unable to find Amy, Jenny demands Carter tell her where she is. Carter replies that she is with his father, whom Jenny knows has been dead for years.
Carter is apprehended for attempted murder. The police bring Dr. Lynn Waldheim (Frances Sternhagen) to interrogate him. Waldheim interviews Carter and informs the police that she co-wrote a book with Nix Sr. called Raising Cain, about a boy with multiple personality disorder. Nix Sr. had extensive detailed knowledge of Cain’s tortured childhood, including taped recordings of their sessions. However, Waldheim was never allowed to meet Cain. She pieced the situation together: Nix Sr. dispassionately put his own son through years of severe child abuse to gain firsthand accounts of his traumatic psychological development and study the emerging personalities. Horrified, Waldheim quit the project.
Raising Cain is a 1992 psychological thriller-horror film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Gabrielle Carteris, Teri Austin, Kathleen Callan Amanda Pombo and Karen Kahn.
Raising Cain (1992)
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Gabrielle Carteris, Teri Austin, Kathleen Callan, Amanda Pombo, Karen Kahn
Screenplay by: Brian De Palma
Production Design by: Doug Kraner
Cinematography by: Stephen H. Burum
Film Editing by: Robert Dalva, Paul Hirsch, Bonnie Koehler
Costume Design by: Bobbie Read
Set Decoration by: Barbara Munch
Art Direction by: Mark Billerman
Music by: Pino Donaggio
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality, language and terror violence.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: August 7, 1992
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