Raising Cain

A 1992 thriller from Brian De Palma. The film stars John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer.

The film follows Carter, who was once part of his father's cruel research, which left him with several split personalities. Now as a husband and father himself, he is drawn by his other personalities to restart these experiments.

This film has the examples of:
"Hickory dickory dock. Cain has picked his lock."
 * Acting for Two
 * Catapult Nightmare: Jenny gets one.
 * Fake-Out Make-Out: After drugging Karen, Carter is in danger of getting seen by two passing joggers. Cain advises him to do this to avoid their attention.
 * Flatline: Jack's wife flatlines when she sees him kissing Jenny in the flashback.
 * Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Cain favours smoking.
 * Master of Unlocking: Cain developed this skill when Dr. Nix was doing his research on Carter in the past.


 * Metafictional Title: The title is based on the book that Dr. Nix wrote with Dr. Waldheim.
 * Name of Cain
 * Never Found the Body
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:.
 * Not Quite Dead: After being suffocated with a pillow by Cain, Jenny wakes up in the trunk of her car just when it's going underwater.
 * The Oner: The four minute shot of Sgt. Cally and Lt. Terri escorting Dr. Waldheim to the morgue in the police station.
 * The Quiet One: Margo is the only split personality of Carter who doesn't say anything onscreen.
 * The Reveal:.
 * Sinister Shades: Cain sports these whenever he talks to Carter.
 * Split Personality
 * Split Personality Takeover:.
 * Use Your Head: When Dr. Waldheim tries to talk to Carter's split personality Margo, she headbutts her as part of his/her escape.
 * Verbing Nouny
 * Your Cheating Heart: Jenny with Jack.