Punk Performers & Theories Of Ideology ('Punk Mass' 1970 - )

I've seen more than 100 of Linnea Quigley's movies and most of them fall within the horror genre. She's worked in other genres too - science-fiction, fantasy, comedy, romance, crime, action, western, musical - though I don't recall seeing her in a war film. Her work has taken her around the world and she's made films in a number of different countries.

In the 1970s, institutes of learning became cathedrals of terror and students were lambs to the slaughter. Students were also frequently portrayed as sadistic criminals and satanic cult members. Eventually, punk nihilism arrived to eliminate the crumbling hippie dream and hammer the last nail into the swingin' '60s carefree coffin.

Across the decade, films like 'I Drink Your Blood' (1970), 'Blood And Lace' (1971), 'The Last House On The Left' (1972), 'The Candy Snatchers' (1973), 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974), 'Trip With The Teacher' (1975), 'Massacre At Central High' (1976), 'Death Game' (1977), 'Laserblast' (1978) and 'Malibu High' (1979) documented societal fears and anxieties around the supposed corruption of America's youth. Perhaps the defining statement on what it meant to be a teenager in the 1960s came from the pen of Stephen King however, whose debut novel formed the basis for 'Carrie' (1976), the ultimate tale of teenage terror which was very much transplanted to the 1970s.

The box-office success of 'Halloween' (1978) ushered in the slasher era and teenage movie characters were never to feel safe again. The introduction of home video and afforable video players gave rise to an instant horror phenomenon as regular fans were able to own their own copies of movies for the first time.