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Fears that Defined a Decade in Movies and Books
Posted on 10/20/15 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 10/20/15 at 2:56 pm
Since it's Halloween Season, what fears defined their respective decades, as in movies and literature.
In the 70s, you had the slasher flick and being attacked in the home or in a place of safety by an unknowable brute. Not sure, but it seems like this might have been a result of the Helter Skelter and other high profile murders. And for some reason, there was a real fear of the Catholic Church.
80s seemed more science based with crazy creatures spawned from nuclear accidents and man playing God (this could also be said of the 50s), and the obligatory slashers who somehow ended up bigger, more grotesque...and in space.
90s seemed to go back to more straight up supernatural ghosts, goblins and vampires. As if with the Cold War was at an end and the US firmly in control, we had to look to the boogeyman to scare us again.
00s, this is hard for me because it's so recent, but the horrors of the 00s seems to be almost a real life horror. Like if you stumbled into the wrong place, you could end up tied to a table and used as a play thing by some sadist. Even the supernatural stuff seemed grounded in the real world. Not sure why this was the chosen horror trope for this decade, but I'll just fall back and say, "9/11".
10s, I've got no idea.
And other ideas? What fear do you think defined generations (decades) and how did it play out in the movies?
ETA: Yes, I've been watching way too many horror movies lately.
In the 70s, you had the slasher flick and being attacked in the home or in a place of safety by an unknowable brute. Not sure, but it seems like this might have been a result of the Helter Skelter and other high profile murders. And for some reason, there was a real fear of the Catholic Church.
80s seemed more science based with crazy creatures spawned from nuclear accidents and man playing God (this could also be said of the 50s), and the obligatory slashers who somehow ended up bigger, more grotesque...and in space.
90s seemed to go back to more straight up supernatural ghosts, goblins and vampires. As if with the Cold War was at an end and the US firmly in control, we had to look to the boogeyman to scare us again.
00s, this is hard for me because it's so recent, but the horrors of the 00s seems to be almost a real life horror. Like if you stumbled into the wrong place, you could end up tied to a table and used as a play thing by some sadist. Even the supernatural stuff seemed grounded in the real world. Not sure why this was the chosen horror trope for this decade, but I'll just fall back and say, "9/11".
10s, I've got no idea.
And other ideas? What fear do you think defined generations (decades) and how did it play out in the movies?
ETA: Yes, I've been watching way too many horror movies lately.
This post was edited on 10/20/15 at 3:00 pm
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Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:03 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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10s, I've got no idea.
2010+ relies heavily on gore and satanic horror (possessed children).
Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:07 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
The most obvious example of fears impacting movies (although they aren't horror in the strictest sense) were the Godzilla and radioactive monsters films in Japan after WWII.
Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:17 pm to AUveritas
Yeah, you had a lot of those in the 50s and Japanese and Americans alike were petrified of nuclear fallout and what could happen.
Raymond Burr's performance in Godzilla, King of Monsters is still stands up today.
Raymond Burr's performance in Godzilla, King of Monsters is still stands up today.
Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:20 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Nuclear holocaust/Cold War
the 70s
the 70s
Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:22 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:26 pm to ForeverLSU02
Does Jaws play into the trope of being in a place of safety and then being attacked by an unstoppable brute I mentioned? What's safer than the beach on Labor Day weekend?
Or do you think it's a nature versus humanity carryover?
And there are going to be movies and books that don't fit; I was looking for an overall theme.
ETA: And you can apply this to other genres such as action and suspense. In the 90s it seemed like every suspense movie was about some kind of "Big Brother".
Or do you think it's a nature versus humanity carryover?
And there are going to be movies and books that don't fit; I was looking for an overall theme.
ETA: And you can apply this to other genres such as action and suspense. In the 90s it seemed like every suspense movie was about some kind of "Big Brother".
This post was edited on 10/20/15 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 10/20/15 at 3:28 pm to TheAlmightySmash
quote:That's more like the 2000's with movies like The Ring and The Grudge.
2010+ relies heavily on gore and satanic horror (possessed children).
ETA: and, movie board
This post was edited on 10/20/15 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 10/20/15 at 4:17 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
There have been a lot of found footage type horror movies in the 2010's, even though Blair Witch sort of started that over a decade earlier.
In the 2010's you have:
- VHS
- Paranormal Activity
- Grave Encounters
- Quarantine
- Apollo 18
In the 2010's you have:
- VHS
- Paranormal Activity
- Grave Encounters
- Quarantine
- Apollo 18
Posted on 10/20/15 at 4:35 pm to SUB
Horror nowadays really is moreso the tropes of finding yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time or curiosity killing the cat. Really a reflection of our increased feeling of invincibility being shattered out of nowhere. I think that has a lot to do with the fear of random shootings and terror attacks. You don't have to be a horny teenager or have a dark secret to be the target anymore. You just have to be.
Posted on 10/20/15 at 4:40 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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ETA: And you can apply this to other genres such as action and suspense. In the 90s it seemed like every suspense movie was about some kind of "Big Brother".
That was obviously the illuminati telling Hollywood to desensitize the populace to being constantly spied on. [/tinfoil hat]
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