Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and...

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Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games to crank up dread by forcing characters to gamble with fate. Take No Country for Old Men. The coin tosses strip control away, making chance the deadliest player