Wednesday 24 October 2012

Horror Research: The 70's

The 70's is most commonly known as the era of the creepy kids. Horror wanted to scare their audiences with something new and unexpecting. In the past, children in films are very harmless but during the 70's horror writers decided to change this image by making children scary! Films such as, the Exocist, the Omen, Carrie along with many others are examples of horror films which had young people as the main character/ killer.




The 70's also brought about the true birth of the sub-genre 'Slasher'. Slasher films consist of a crazed killer going around, killing anyone and everyone. 'Halloween' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' are just two of the 70's slasher films.














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