The 1970s was a great decade for horror. For a long time, the film industry had been governed by the so-called Hays Code, a system of censorship in place that controlled what could be shown on screen.

These 12 sleazy 1970s movies don’t care about respect — they care about entertainment. We aren’t talking about movies with ...

In the 1970s, when horror movies started to get more and more extreme, it wasn't just the blood and the savagery that increased. So did the sensation that you were seeing something "real" — not mere ...