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    Raising Cain is a 1992 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer. Plot [ edit ] Respected child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix's wife, Jenny, becomes concerned that he is obsessively studying their daughter Amy; he regards her like a ...

  2. Definition: To behave in an angry way and cause a big disturbance. Origin of Raising Cain. This expression originated in the first half of the 1800s. It takes inspiration from a much older source: the Bible. In the first book of the Bible, God created the first man and the first woman. They had two sons, Cain and Abel.

  3. Aug 7, 1992 · With John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen. The oncologist wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware of what - or who - is really going on inside his head.

  4. To be ‘raising Cain’ is to be causing trouble or creating an uproar. What's the origin of the phrase 'Raise Cain'? The origin of the phrase ‘Raising Cain’ is the Biblical account, in which Cain kills his brother Abel.

  5. Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way, as in He said he'd raise Cain if they wouldn't give him a refund, or The gang was out to raise hell that night, or The wind raised the devil with our picnic. The first term alludes to the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother, Abel.

  6. a. to create a boisterous disturbance. b. to react or protest heatedly. See full dictionary entry for raise. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. raise Cain in American English. US, Slang. 1. to create a great commotion. 2. to cause much trouble. See full dictionary entry for Cain.

  7. Raising Cain | Rotten Tomatoes. R 1992 1h 35m Mystery & Thriller Horror. List. A highly regarded child psychologist, Dr. Carter Nix (John Lithgow) has shown signs of being unstable, but...

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