Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette wheels, contracts, and rigged...

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Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, roulette wheels, contracts, and rigged games to ratchet up dread by handing fate to chance or cruel rules. In No Country for Old Men, a coin toss decides life or death, making tension almost unbearable