The trends of the '70s were slowly dying off, which opened the door for films like Friday the 13th and Prom Night to claim the upcoming decade for the slasher. With the Vietnam War ending, and all the man-made nightmares of the conflict laid bare, horror had a mean streak in the middle of the '70s. Atomic fears and the popularity of sci-fi had pushed horror to the backburner in the post-WWII years, but it came back with a vengeance at the outset of the '60s.
Author: Dalton Norman
Published at: 2026-01-18 22:30:19
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