Weird Scenes Week 88 (8/25/22): Satan in the 70’s (a discussion of satanic cult films)

The 1970s.   A turbulent and important time, marked by the decline and fall of the hippie movement that took the world by storm with the 1966 "summer of love" and introduced several generations to alternative religions and new age spirituality...often enough landing on some spectrum of the occult.  

But the spirit of Woodstock and the ethos of peace, love and music had been subverted by a violent reaction from conservative forces, and together with a few grim and headline grabbing reality checks (Altamont, the Manson Family, the Weathermen and the iconoclastic discovery that so many of their new heroes and gurus bore feet of clay) combined with later disillusion brought about by political scandals, the seemingly endless (and ultimately failed) war in Vietnam, a plethora of self serving and destructive religious cults, drug casualties, the emergence of the serial killer and the failure of the idealistic commune lifestyle led to a very different tenor to the decade from the one that preceded it.  

In short, the Age of Aquarius had revealed itself as the Aeon of Horus (if not the dawn of the Kali Yuga) in no uncertain terms, and with a shocking suddenness.

As a reflection of the times, a widespread interest in Witchcraft and Satanism were all the rage, and cinema, from mainstream blockbusters like Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist and the Omen series straight down to the level of adult film and even (if not most especially) the TV movie marketed to housewives and youngsters weekday afternoons, spoke to a new preoccupation with occultism.  

So prevalent was all of this obsession with all things dark and dangerous that it very much defined the decade, far moreseo than any that preceded or followed.  

Join us, as we delve into some of the best examples of what ultimately became a tidal wave of satanic terror, specifically limited to those centering on literal, if oft self styled cults of devil worshippers and their works...

Week 88: Satan in the 70’s (a discussion of satanic cult films)

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