Thrillers and horror tap into the primal fear of chance and control by using...

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Thrillers and horror tap into the primal fear of chance and control by using coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games. In No Country for Old Men, the coin toss becomes a chilling tool of fate and moral judgment