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Without a doubt the 70's I'd say. At that time the old-school horror flicks of the 60's and 50's were all that people had seen, but movie technology was starting to develop more and well, the timing was right for such films as Jaws (had a huge horror impact) and Amityville Horror etc. Quite simply, certain movies in the 70's scared the CRAP out of people, making most of those older films seem campy. Not all, but most.
Horror films during the 70's just seemed to have a much higher horror impact on people. Once it got into the 80's people were already becoming desensitized from it all... with the Jasons and the Freddy's and the Pinheads etc. By the 90's, forgetaboutit. Movies today have to really push the boundary into newer ground if they want to have any kind of horror impact, at least on those who are regular fans of it.
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