Reply #23: They always were about escape; it is in the darkest times that horror [View All]

[mcscajun]

flourishes.

The classic 'creature' films were products of the Great Depression; the later 'creature features' were products of the post-Hiroshima atomic age. Light and fluffy times don't drive people to the darkness; only darkness does that effectively. The "slasher" films of the 90s were another thing entirely, and were mostly good to drive adolescent boys to possible breast sightings, and their dates into their waiting arms.

Escape is a relative term; if the reality is worse than the horror, then escapism takes many forms.