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Horror Films: The Satanic Film Craze of the 1970s A brief look back at America’s obsession with the devil in scary movies from the 1970s. Ask any horror film fan and they will most likely tell you they have a special place in their hearts for 1970s horror films. The 70s was an important decade for all film genres, because the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA – the folks responsible for film ratings) lifted the restrictive Hays Code in the late 60s. With the Hays Code banished, filmmakers suddenly felt they had a new license to go hog-wild – and that they did (lucky for us). Moviegoers saw the beginnings of slasher flicks, exploitation flicks, a new level of guts and gore, and bolder frontal body nudity – all of a sudden there were bare breasts everywhere! What a wonderful (and confusing) time to be a kid… it was great! As you can imagine, horror filmmakers ran with the new opportunity to scare audiences to death… by any means necessary. And, what better vill...