Thrillers and horror use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged...

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Thrillers and horror use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games to ratchet up dread and force characters into impossible choices. In No Country for Old Men, the coin toss isn’t chance—it’s a cold, brutal judgment