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Revenant (악귀) (TV series)

Revenant (악귀) is a 2023 SBS occult mystery drama, also on Disney+ and Hulu, written by Kim Eun-hee and starring Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, and Hong Kyung; a possessed woman and a folklorist investigate deaths tied to five spirits.

Revenge

Revenge, or vengeance, is motivated retaliation after a perceived harm, distinguished from self-defense and unsolicited aggression. Research covers its evolutionary and cultural origins, prevalence in violence (42% of NYC murders), hedonic paradox, and relationship contexts.

Revenge (1990 film)

Revenge (1990) is a Tony Scott romantic thriller starring Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, and Madeleine Stowe, adapted from Jim Harrison's novella; a Columbia Pictures release that flopped commercially and critically before a 2007 director's cut.

Revenge (2017 film)

Revenge (2017) is Coralie Fargeat's French rape-revenge thriller debut, starring Matilda Lutz as Jen, who survives an assault by three men in a desert house and hunts them down; premiered at TIFF 2017, released 2018, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Revenge (Kiss album)

Revenge (Kiss album), 1992 Mercury studio album, Kiss's 16th, produced by Bob Ezrin, dedicated to drummer Eric Carr with Eric Singer on drums; gold-certified, Billboard No. 6, featuring Unholy and God Gave Rock and Roll To You II.

Revenge (TV series)

Revenge is an American ABC drama series (2011-2015, four seasons, 89 episodes) created by Mike Kelley, loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo, starring Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne and Madeleine Stowe as Victoria Grayson.

Revenge dress

Revenge dress: media term coined in 1994 for Diana's black off-the-shoulder Christina Stambolian silk gown, worn June 29, 1994 as Charles admitted infidelity; now a label for post-breakup statement outfits, going to Sotheby's auction in 2026.

Revenge of Others (인칭 복수)

Revenge of Others (3인칭 복수, Third Person Revenge) is a 2022 South Korean Disney+ teen revenge thriller, 12 episodes, starring Shin Ye-eun and Lomon, written by Lee Hee-myung, directed by Kim Yoo-jin, produced by Studio S; Shin Ye-eun won a Blue Dragon Series Award.

Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature (1955) is Universal-International's 3-D sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, directed by Jack Arnold, in which the Gill Man is captured and displayed at a Florida marine park; it marks Clint Eastwood's film debut.

Revenge of the Dreamers III

Revenge of the Dreamers III, also ROTD3, is Dreamville's third label compilation, recorded over 10 days in January 2019 at Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, with over 100 invited artists; released July 5, 2019 with 18 tracks.

Revenge of the Mummy

Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride is an indoor launched roller coaster themed to The Mummy films at Universal Studios Florida, Hollywood, and Singapore. Opened 2004 (2010 Singapore), 45 mph, 48-inch height requirement, no inversions, marketed as a psychological thrill ride.

Revenge of the Nerds

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) is a Jeff Kanew college comedy starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards as nerd freshmen fighting the Alpha Beta fraternity at Adams College; a Fox hit grossing over $30 million that spawned sequels and later controversy.

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise is a 1987 American comedy sequel directed by Joe Roth, following the Tri-Lambda fraternity to Fort Lauderdale.

Revenge of the Ninja

Revenge of the Ninja is a 1983 Cannon Films martial arts film, the second of the Ninja trilogy, directed by Sam Firstenberg and starring Sho Kosugi as Cho Osaki, a former ninja in America whose doll-import business hides a heroin smuggling operation.

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Revenge of the Pink Panther is a 1978 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, the last Pink Panther film starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

Revenge porn

Revenge porn, also called non-consensual pornography or NCII, is the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, part of image-based sexual abuse; distinguished by motive from general NCII and now criminalized by the US Take It Down Act and UK Online Safety Act.

Revenge tragedy

Revenge tragedy is a genre of English Renaissance drama in which an avenger destroys both the guilty and usually himself, exemplified by Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Revenge-class battleship

The Revenge class, also called the Royal Sovereign or R class, was a group of five super-dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy and completed in 1916 and 1917.

Revenged Love (逆爱)

Revenged Love (逆爱) is a 2025 Chinese BL web drama adapted from Chai Jidan's novel Nixi, starring Zi Yu and Tian Xuning, 24 episodes aired June 16 to August 12, 2025, released internationally and not in mainland China.

Revengeseekerz

Revengeseekerz is Jane Remover's third studio album, surprise-released April 4, 2025 on deadAir: 12 tracks, 49 minutes, digicore and rage sound, Danny Brown feature on Psychoboost, lead single JRJRJR, Pitchfork score 80.

Reventador

Reventador (Volcán El Reventador), Ecuadorian andesitic stratovolcano 90 km east of Quito, 3,562 m; VEI 4 eruption 3 November 2002; continuously active since 2008 with daily explosions, ash plumes, and lava flows; Alert Level Orange.

Revenue

Revenue, also called sales revenue, is the income a business earns from selling goods or services, recorded when earned under accrual accounting rather than when cash arrives.

Revenue Act of 1862

The Revenue Act of 1862 was a US federal law signed by Lincoln imposing the nation's first federal income tax and creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Revenue Act of 1964

The Revenue Act of 1964 is a US law signed by Lyndon Johnson that cut income taxes by $11.5 billion, the largest cut to that date.

Revenue Commission (Duzhi shi)

The Revenue Commission (度支使) was a mid-Tang Chinese fiscal office planning annual state expenditure and moving tax goods, one of the Three Treasuries alongside salt-and-iron.

Revenue Laws Papyrus

The Revenue Laws Papyrus (P.Rev.) is a Greek papyrus from Ptolemaic Egypt, dated to 259/8 BC, compiling royal ordinances on taxation, tax farming, and the oil monopoly.

Revenue management

Revenue management is the use of forecasting and optimization to sell a fixed, perishable inventory, like airline seats, at differentiated prices, aiming to sell the right seat to the right customer at the right price.

Revenue per available seat mile

Revenue per available seat mile (RASM, or unit revenue) is an airline performance measure equal to operating revenue divided by available seat miles, capacity offered whether or not it is sold.

Revenue recognition

Revenue recognition, also called the realization concept, is the accounting principle determining when a company reports revenue, governed since 2014 by the converged standards IFRS 15 and ASC 606.

Revenue stamp

Revenue stamp, also called duty, fiscal, or tax stamp: a government-issued label evidencing tax, duty, or fee payment on goods or documents, distinct from postage stamps; collected as fiscal philately with its own catalogs and societies.