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The Golden Period of Horror Movies

There's this explosion in the 19 seventies, like you say, post war, there's huge hits. The extra sist. People like west craven hit the scene, and they they make really transgressive movies. Then we have this whole wave of italian and european hor masters. Argento comes along. Lucio fulcis is is working at that time. Gialo becomes a very active sub janer of film. And do you consider that the golden period, the greatest period of horror movie making? Oo glass house the left, is a great example of something that would at the time be seen as ridiculous to be talking about forty years later. But i

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