Raising Cain

About Raising Cain

Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings.

Brian De Palma's Raising Cain is a 1992 crime horror film. The film is filed under child abuse, psychotic, swamp, and psychologist.

John Lithgow stars as Carter Nix, Lolita Davidovich as Jenny O'Keefe Nix, Steven Bauer as Jack Dante, and Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Lynn Waldheim. Released in August 1992, it runs 92 minutes.

The screenplay is by Brian De Palma. Produced by Pacific Western. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Falling Down, Dirty Harry, and Bullitt make useful companions to Raising Cain, all filed under detective and intense. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 415 votes and it carries a R rating.