The Fury



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 De Palma.

The film follows Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas), whose friend Ben Childress -- who works for a shady, unnamed government intelligence -- arranges a fake terrorist attack to kill him and during the chaos kidnaps his son, Robin, 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, a budding telepath. 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...


 * 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:.
 * 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, especially if they're already injured in some way.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Red Right Hand: Childress' permanently damaged arm.
 * Self-Made Orphan:.
 * Sinister Shades: Childress.
 * Slow Motion: Used when Gillian breaks out from the Paragon Institute. The sequence goes on for several minutes.
 * Super Empowering:.
 * 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