1992 · thriller · psychological · split
Raising Cain
Directed by Brian De Palma1h 32m1992
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. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.
Our read: Raising Cain (1992) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · psychological · split entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / psychological, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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