The Avenging Conscience (1914) on Netflix
An uncle who raised his nephew for a literary career blocks the boy's romance with Anabel. Reading horror tales, he comes to think of murder as natural.
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Plot summary
As a baby, the nephew was placed in the household of a bachelor uncle, who raised him with love and planned a literary career for him. In his youth the young man meets Anabel, whom his poetical nature leads him to call Annabel Lee, and the two fall in love. The uncle, fixed on the boy's future, interferes. When Anabel calls to invite him to a garden party, the uncle accuses her of chasing his nephew like a common woman, and the insult sinks deep. Believing the young man's obligations to his uncle cannot honorably be broken, they decide to part. In the tales he has been reading, the nephew finds a vision of all nature as a series of murders, and with the old man in the way, his thoughts turn dark.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Matt Stone and Trey Parker formed a production company named Avenging Conscience with two fellow University of Colorado students after watching the film and actively disliking it; The Spirit of Christmas and Cannibal! The Musical were made under the name before the pair created South Park.
