'Pluto' (Michael Berryman) with, 'Brenda Carter' (Susan Lanier) in this scene from the classic 70s horror movie, 'The Hills Have Eyes' (1977).[/caption]The short answer is... 'Hell Yes!' Of course 70s horror movies are still strongly relevant to the new generation! I mean a world that has for the most part not only forgotten the trailblazers of any genre during the silent era, pretty much all the way up to the classics that helped define a lot of modern movies... Hell Yes 70s horror movies are still relevant!
If horror is to survive and not drown in the soup of over rebooting or remaking of the genre (essentially just putting a newer face and untested (and I hate to say it), but at least some of the time disinterested talent to try and re-create the mastery and artistic vision of the trail blazers like, 'Alfred Hitchcock', 'John Carpenter' or any of the other true masters of horror...) We as the fans of the true classics have a duty to remind this new generation of horror fans that before, movies like, Tobe Hooper's truly classic horror movie, A Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) was being remade in 2003, that there was a classic little horror masterpiece that no one wanted to give the time of day to (so much so that during production of the movie, at least one time they had to close down production of the film for lack of funding!)
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Leatherface both from the 1974 version as well as 2013 version.[/caption]Now before I go on I should probably say this, there are a some decent enough horror movie remakes, as well as originals that are coming out in the modern day (there is at least one remake, believe it or not that I would say is even better then the original... Shocking but true!) All I am saying though is that in an age where CGI has slowly taken over the horror genre, and where remakes seem to be mostly taking over, and the horror movies of the 70s that I believe are what helped make the genre what it had been for so long loosing their power, that some one has to stand up and say, 'Hell Yes 70s Horror Movies Are Still Relevant!'
In the end, I guess what I am really trying to say folks is to remember the classics that made 70s horror great, and don't forget to pass them on to the next generation, and keep these awesome classics alive for the next generation to enjoy... So stand up with me and say, 'Hell Yes 70s Horror Movies Are Still Relevant'.
Here is just a few classic trailers to wet your whistle with:
http://youtu.be/FS5hvqyeKfI
http://youtu.be/deJWUkiS42U
http://youtu.be/fYhceVkQGUk
