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Film: The Fury

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The Fury is a thriller film from the year 1978. It is based on a novel written by John Farris and was directed by Brian DePalma.

The film follows Peter Sandza, whose friend Ben Childress (who works for a shady unnamed government intelligence) arranges a fake terrorist attack to kill him and takes his son Robin away for his tremendous psychic powers to put to good use in the Cold War. Peter starts a desperate search for his son and tracks his trails to Chicago, where he enlists the aid of Gillian, a budding telepath.Determined to silence Peter, Ben and his cronies are constantly hindering the process. Also, the experiments upon Robin has made him dangerously violent.

This film has the examples of:

Accidental Murder
Auto Erotica
Big Bad Friend: Childress.
Chase Scene
Cold War
Destination Defenestration: Happens to innocent bystanders, main characters and, of course, mooks.
Driven to Suicide
Dutch Angle
Every Car Is a Pinto
Exposition Beam
False Flag Operation: Childress fakes a terrorist attack to kill Peter and to capture his son.
The Film of the Book
Government Conspiracy
Grievous Bottley Harm: Crazed Robin attacks his father with a bottle when he is finally found by him.
Harassing Phone Call
Kiss of Death: Gillian gives one to Childress before blowing him up in the end.
Male Gaze: Gillian is introduced to us at a beach, her backside first.
Man In Black: Childress.
Mind Over Matter
Obviously Evil: Childress.
Playing With Syringes
Psychic Nosebleed: Gillian's unfamiliarity with her powers causes bleeding on people who touch her.
Psychic Powers
Red Right Hand: Childress' permanently damaged arm.
Self-Made Orphan: Robin kills his father during his rampage.
Sinister Shades: Childress.
Slow Motion: Used when Gillian breaks out from the Paragon institute.
Super Empowering: Dying Robin passes his powers to Gillian.
Take My Hand
Tears of Blood
Telepathy
Window Pain: Gillian has a flashback where she sees Robin accidentally falling through a window.
The Windy City