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I chose the 60s-70s... lots of really creepy films from that era that can still deliver the shivers, like Rosemary's Baby, Let's Scare Jessica to Death and The Wicker Man.
Whatever the origin of the holiday is, one thing is certain- this is the only celebration we have that celebrates the fact we have a dark side, and that the dark side is necessary. Without the dark, the light doesn't have much meaning, does it?
When I was young the dark side was going mainstream. Horror literature was popular, Anton LaVey was making headlines with his Church of Satanism, UFOs were in the news daily, big budget mainstream movies were full of terror, music was full of monsters- the dark side was everywhere.
Halloween in the 60s was a time of freedom, of abandonment. Trick or Treating was a wild free for all- we left the parents at home.
This spirit is most apparent to me in the films of the 60s-70s.
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Last edited by neverending; 10-10-2012 at 12:26 PM.
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