History Film / TheFury

* ChunkySalsaRule [[spoiler:Gillian kills Childress by making his body explode. We get to see the explosion repeated several times from several angles.]]

Peter begins a desperate search for his son and tracks him to Chicago, where Peter's girlfriend Hester (Snodgrass) is a nurse at the Paragon Institute. They enlist the aid of Gillian Bellaver (Irving), a budding telepath who is being studied at the Institute by Hestor's mentor Dr. Jim [=McKeever=] (Durning) and other people connected to Ben. Determined to silence Peter, Ben and his cronies are constantly hindering the process. Meanwhile, the experiments they've forced Robin to undergo have made him dangerously violent...

''The Fury'' is a 1978 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by John Farris, directed by Creator/BrianDePalma and starring Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/JohnCassavetes, Carrie Snodgrass, Creator/CharlesDurning, Creator/AmyIrving, and Andrew Stevens.

The film follows Peter Sandza (Douglas), whose friend Ben Childress (Cassavetes) -- who works for a shady, unnamed government intelligence -- arranges a fake terrorist attack to kill him and during the chaos kidnaps his son Robin (Stevens), intending to put his tremendous psychic powers to good use in the Cold War. Peter starts a desperate search for his son and tracks him to Chicago, where he enlists the aid of Gillian (Irving), a budding telepath who is being studied at the Paragon Institute by Dr. Jim [=McKeever=] (Durning), his assistant Hester (Snodgrass), and other people connected to Ben. Determined to silence Peter, Ben and his cronies are constantly hindering the process. Meanwhile, the experiments they've forced Robin to undergo have made him dangerously violent...

* AssholeVictim: For all his crimes and trying to manipulate Gillian, Childress gets blown up from inside-out by her in the end.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gillian is a very pleasant girl, but she literally blows up Childress after finding out what he did to Robin and intended to do to her.

* ChunkySalsaRule [[spoiler:Gillian]] kills [[spoiler:Childress]] by making his body explode. We get to see the explosion repeated several times from several angles.

* FinalGirl: Gillian is the only major character to not be murdered in the movie and she survives long enough to kill Childress by blowing him up.

* TheHeroDies: Peter, the main protagonist commits suicide after failing to save his son Robin.

** Robin later goes into a rage and uses his powers against Dr. Susan Charles and kills her by spinning her around repeatedly.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Lots of OneSceneWonder supporting roles alongside the main characters.

* AgeLift: Gillian and Robin are both 14 in the novel, but are aged to 17 in the film ([[DawsonCasting and are played]] by Creator/AmyIrving, 24 at the time, and Andrew Stevens, 22).

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Dr. Ellen Lindstorm, the chief assistant of Dr. Jim McKeever tries to help Gillian when she finds out she has contact with Robin.

-->'''Gillian:''' Oh Cheryl, you don't want everyone to know that you're pregnant, do you?

-->''Gillian:''' Oh Cheryl, you don't want everyone to know that you're pregnant, do you?

-->'''Gillian:''' (to Cheryl) Oh Cheryl, you don't want anyone to know that you're pregnant, do you?

* MsFanservice: Gillian and plays her first scene in a bikini. Also her best friend [=LaRue=].

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Both Gillian and Robin are this. Gillian is treated poorly by the others due to her psychic abilities and Robin feels he won't fit in the school in Chicago and both think they're freaks by the others

* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Gillian first appears walking on the coast in a bikini, along with her best friend La Rue.