The politics of horror

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<b>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974</b><br>
By the early 1970s, the image of hippies and the counterculture had skewed from flower children to Weathermen riots and Charles Mansons creepy family. Playing on the fears evoked by twisting traditional family values, director Tobe Hooper gave audiences a bizarre family of cannibalistic Texans with a love for power tools.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974
By the early 1970s, the image of hippies and the counterculture had skewed from flower children to Weathermen riots and Charles Mansons creepy family. Playing on the fears evoked by twisting traditional family values, director Tobe Hooper gave audiences a bizarre family of cannibalistic Texans with a love for power tools.

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The politics of horror