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Raising Cain
1992
John Lithgow goes bananas in a crazed multiple role as a child psychologist haunted by his deranged twin in this film from Brian De Palma (who explored similar territory in his earlier feature SISTERS). Inspired by Hitchcock as well as Michael Powell's classic PEEPING TOM, this study in abnormality has child psychologist Dr. .. Read more
| Starring | John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Raising Cain
John Lithgow goes bananas in a crazed multiple role as a child psychologist haunted by his deranged twin in this film from Brian De Palma (who explored similar territory in his earlier feature SISTERS). Inspired by Hitchcock as well as Michael Powell's classic PEEPING TOM, this study in abnormality has child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix (Lithgow) beginning to go bonkers around his young daughter. Wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is a little concerned but too guilty over her affair with another man (Steven Bauer) to do anything about it. It's not until local children start disappearing that Jenny begins to realize that her husband might be continuing the demented experiments performed on him as a child by his own father, an infamous psychiatrist who's been wanted by the police for years. As the number of missing children rises, it is up to Jenny to unravel just what is going on before her own daughter vanishes as well. The highlight here is Lithgow, creepy and magnificent in not less then three distinct roles. It's a gleefully insane little chiller that features some great De Palma set pieces and will keep even dyed-in-the-wool suspense fans guessing.
| Starring | John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1992 To Rent: DVD: 27 May 2004 |
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Risible thriller, stuffed full of shock moments that hamper the narrative flow, and growing increasingly ridiculous throughout; it fails to repay its huge debt to Peeping Tom and to Hitchcock.
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This film belongs to John Lithgow
Excellent performance from the main character.
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'Old time' scary.Very good film, even after 18 years. Explores the mine field of the human personality, touching the deep dark depths of our thought ... read more »
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De Palmas Way
- 10 Mar 2008
Brian De Palma is in hot water. Again. For a director who often seems more interested in form than content and who has devoted the bulk of his career to making mainstream entertainment for the Hollywood studios, it's surprising how regularly he upsets people. Even his fans have a love-hate relationship with this prodigiously gifted but perverse and erratic talent. Feminists picketed Dressed to Kill and Cuban refugees weren't flattered by Scarface either. But that's nothing on the US reaction... Read more
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Raising Cain
John Lithgow goes bananas in a crazed multiple role as a child psychologist haunted by his deranged twin in this film from Brian De Palma (who explored similar territory in his earlier feature SISTERS). Inspired by Hitchcock as well as Michael Powell's classic PEEPING TOM, this study in abnormality ...
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