At the cusp of the ’60s and ’70s of the last century,European genre cinemawas having a moment.
The second genre to pull this trick was, unsurprisingly, horror.
All about the Italian horror subgenre you’ve probably heard about.
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Case in point:Frankenstein’s Bloody Terrorhas zero ties toFrankenstein’s story.
Another future crucial feature of Fantaterror is introduced here cathartic, but mostly pessimistic endings.
Fantaterror didn’t condemn itself to endlessly recreating Gothic locations and various supernatural tropes, though.
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More and more of theSpanish horror makers turned their gaze towards exploring the complexities of human naturein the ’70s.
This also sets up another important thematic angle the horror of feeling trapped.
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