revenge drama

English

Noun

revenge drama (plural revenge dramas)

  1. Synonym of revenge tragedy
    • 2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      On one level, Irréversible is a companion piece to "bad girl" road movie Baise-Moi, which also featured a brutal rape sequence and the kind of stomach-churning violence that makes Jacobean Revenge drama seem understated.
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