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Old 01-24-2014, 12:53 PM
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What's Your Best Revenge Contemplation Films?

Which (horror or not-horror) films, that are about the subject of revenge, did you personally think (disregarding fame, ratings and critics), were the best? Ones that made a difference to you.

Of course, revenge is a common horror theme; I wouldn't doubt over half have aspects of revenge in them. But I'm talking about films that are about revenge. Those would be films like Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), The Girl Most Likely To (1973 staring Stockard Channing) and Martyrs (and maybe you'd debate any of those films contemplate revenge).

Some films use revenge as reason for the horror killing, where it's more of setting, like a war, but it doesn't deal with the subject of revenge; which would be a film like "Friday the 13th". Akin to that, there's films were someone(s) is mistreated, and then they just kill at the end, such as "Carrie" 1976, where revenge appears, but the concept of revenge isn't contemplated. Along those lines, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is like "Friday the 13th" where revenge simply starts the horror killing; and although the film does deal with guilt and fear of retribution, perhaps not the contemplation of revenge.

So, use your own judgment, but try to isolate films that deal with the concept of revenge, rather than merely a setting for horror killing. Are there any?
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