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I'd like to give just a little time to guage interest in the arguments I made if possible. Based on the criteria I outlined, I'm going to back the following four movies:
Italian/Giallo:
- I'll back Black Sunday (aka The Mask of Satan) (1960), although I'm happy to change my vote to Black Sabbath, Kill Baby Kill, Blood and Black Lace, or any Mario Bava film that anyone is willing to back. IMO, if Bava can't make a list of the 28 most important horror films of the 60s, something is seriously wrong.
The Sixties being a Transitional Period:
- This is an odd choice, and won't get any support, but I'm going to back Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967). It's a horror/western hybrid that reflects the cultural changes of the time and a general shift towards cynicism in art: Hypocrisy in religion, gay cowboy gangs, suicide, and explicit violence (the scalping scene is epic). Plus, the avenging protagonist is the walking dead, and a generally a bad dude. An anti-hero.
If anyone else gets what I'm saying about this concept, agrees and would like to put forth a different example, I'll consider backing that too. Basically, it's the difference between Help! and Revolver.
Inception of Splatter:
- As mentioned (and already accounted for by V), I'll back Blood Feast (1963), not because it's a great movie (it sucks), but because it has balls, and it opened the door for a whole new element in horror.
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