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Acts of bloody vengeance and sweet revenge
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I Spit On Your Grave (Millennium Edition)I Spit On Your Grave (Millennium Edition)
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When an innocent woman spends half of a film getting raped by hicks, you'd best believe there will be hell to play. Painful, painful hell to pay.
The Last House on the LeftThe Last House on the Left
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Hey, let's rape and kill some young girls and then hole up in their parent's house! No way they'll find out and make us die horrible deaths! No way!
Oldboy (Three-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)Oldboy (Three-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
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Probably the best known modern Asian revenge story and Korea's gift to film. I won't even give it away, it's so effed up. When talking about intricate revenge plots, though, this one's got to take the whole damn cake.
Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 (Box Set)Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 (Box Set)
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You know it, you love it, Uma Thurman tracks down the assassins that totally crashed her wedding and killed everyone one by one. Much arterial sprayage and samurai sword action follows.
I Drink Your BloodI Drink Your Blood
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One of the most creative bits of revenge not brought to us by Asia. Ever thought about spiking somebody's food with rabid dog's blood? Fun will ensue.
Lady VengeanceLady Vengeance
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Brutally satisfying Korean tale that includes a scene where parents of murdered children get "quality time alone" with the man responsible for their losses.
V for Vendetta (Two-Disc Special Edition)V for Vendetta (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Political commentary at it's most flagrant and revolutionary. A wronged man unleashes his anger by first terrorizing and killing the fascist government officials responsible for his grudge, then bringing down their entire system. Awesome.
Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)
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Mama Vorhees exacts her revenge on slutty camp counselors, then her son rises from the dead to avenge her in similiar fashion. The circle of life.
Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Stuntman Mike thinks he's real tough, running down sweet young thangs with his deathproof car until he finds out that some girls don't take no sh!+.
Sympathy for Mr. VengeanceSympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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Another Korean masterpiece where everybody seems to have something to answer for.
Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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The Dark Knight dons cape and cowl and terrorizes Gotham City's underworld until he finds the man who killed his parents. Classic.
Daredevil (Director's Cut)Daredevil (Director's Cut)
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The man Without Fear follows in Batman's foosteps and does it blindfolded! This director's cut is far superior to the theatrical version.
Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition)Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition)
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Badazz general is framed, enslaved, and has his family butchered. He then proceed to rise through the gladiatorial ranks until he is more powerful than the emperor who put him there. Good stuff.
Lady Snowblood (Collector's Boxed Set)Lady Snowblood (Collector's Boxed Set)
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I'm telling you, nobody holds grudges like our friends in the Far East. How about raising your bastard product-of-rape daughter to be a killing machine bent on hunting down your past tormentors? Yeesh. This one was the primary inspiration for "Kill Bill".
Troy - Director's Cut (Ultimate Collector's Edition)Troy - Director's Cut (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
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Some snot-nosed prince steals your woman? Just send the greatest army the world has ever seen to get her back! Viscious conflict ensues, limbs are severed, and now everybody's got something to avenge. This is another director's cut worth seeing, lengthy as it is.
Highlander - The Search for Vengeance (Animated)Highlander - The Search for Vengeance (Animated)
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Revenge is a hallmark of the whole series, but this animated remake is about nothing else. Colin McCloud chases his wife's murderer across history and into the future. And, suprise, suprise it's Japanese.
Orca - The Killer WhaleOrca - The Killer Whale
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Now God's creatures are getting in on the action. Moby Dick in reverse has this killer whale chasing his mate's killer across the seas to settle the score.
The Punisher (Extended Cut)The Punisher (Extended Cut)
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You know the story by now: comic anti-hero's family is murdered and he rampages against the mob until he gets satisfaction. Then he rampages some more.
Moby DickMoby Dick
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The original man against nature epic pits crazed Captain Ahab against the white whale who totally owned him. Is it worth it? Well, you know the story.
The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
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Michael Corleone turns out to be a man not to f@#% with in this stone classic. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre ain't got nothin' on this.
Hell Girl, Vol. 1 - ButterflyHell Girl, Vol. 1 - Butterfly
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Got a problem with a real jerk? Just enter your greivance on the Hell Link at midnight and Hell Girl will take them straight to Hades. The catch? When you die, you join them. Hey anime characters need retribution too!
Hostel (Director's Cut)Hostel (Director's Cut)
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Eurotrash pay to take out their anger against Americans and other foreigners on some unsuspecting tourists. But when the tables turn...
Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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The final act of this film is one of the most brutal and satisfying finales I've ever seen in a horror film. Enjoy.
Audition (Uncut Special Edition)Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
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A man misuses his station in life to get young girls to unknowingly audition to be his perfect girlfriend in this modern Japanese classic. Let's just say he picked the wrong girl to trick.
Lone Wolf and Cub Box SetLone Wolf and Cub Box Set
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The baddest samurai in the land is framed, his wife murdered, and to top it off, he is then ordered to commit suicide. His response? How about spending six films cutting a bloody swath through the entirety of the clan who wronged him. The body count is too massive to keep track of. Awesome
Deep Blue Sea (Snap Case)Deep Blue Sea (Snap Case)
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Turns out sharks aren't big fans of being experimented on. Even when the experiments make them supersmart.
Jigoku - Criterion CollectionJigoku - Criterion Collection
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Sometimes, vengeance has to wait until the afterlife. This film is Japan's answer to Dante's "Inferno", where we follow the misguided characters' respective journeys into the abyss to face their own sins.
Carrie (Special Edition)Carrie (Special Edition)
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So, planning on dropping a bucket of pig's blood on a poor, innocent, tormeted, telekinetic high school outcast at her senior prom, eh? Your funeral.
Curse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden Flower
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Sometimes, revenge just doesn't work out like we want it to. But it's the thought that counts.
Afro Samurai (Director's Cut)Afro Samurai (Director's Cut)
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The tagline for this Eastern/Western animation collaberation is "Nothing personal, it's just revenge". Exactly.
Desperado (Special Edition)Desperado (Special Edition)
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Mexicans need satisfaction too! Searching for the man who killed is woman, El Mariachi spills (and loses) a hell of a lot of blood.
Sin City - Unrated (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Sin City - Unrated (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Basin City's primary export seems to be vengeance in these live-action comic tales of violence.
WolfenWolfen
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Note to self: messing with hyper-intelligent wolves' urban habitat is a bad idea.
Hannibal Rising (Unrated Widescreen Edition)Hannibal Rising (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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Man, if any character knows how to serve a steaming pile of brutal payback, it's Hannibal the Cannibal.
Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection (The Big Boss / Fist of Fury / Way of the Dragon / Game of Death / Game of Death II)Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection (The Big Boss / Fist of Fury / Way of the Dragon / Game of Death / Game of Death II)
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Bruce Lee was the master of delivering payback in the form of a first class kung-fu a$#whoopin'.
The Machine GirlThe Machine Girl
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Wonderful! Japanese schoolgirl's arm is deep-fried and hacked off by the parents of the boy who killed her little brother. So why not attach a ridiculous gatling gun to your arm and go on one of the bloodiest rampages in the history exploitation cinema? Love it.
Inside (Unrated)Inside (Unrated)
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Did somebody say brutal rampage? THIS is freakin' brutal. Sickeningly brutal. All over a little car crash too. BRUTAL!
What Have You Done to Solange?What Have You Done to Solange?
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One of the best giallo films Italy has given us. Homemade abortion is just never a good idea.
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
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"They all deserve to die" sings a very goth Mr. Todd to his new girl. He craves murder and mayhem after losing his wife, she needs meat for her business. Hmmmm, perhaps the two could come to some kind of arrangement.
CoffyCoffy
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Blaxpoitation at it's finest. Kill her sister with some bad smack, feel her wrath! Razor blades in the afro: never go to a catfight without 'em! Pam Grier rocks.