1970s Cinema: Cigarette Butts and Pop Tops Riders of the Apocalypse

An Era of Eco-Horror Movies Begins







A new wave in horror/action movies warned 1970's America: don't mess with mother nature… or a Grizzly might eat your face.







In this episode, we discuss:







* films such as Grizzly (1976), Day of the Animals (1977), and Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)* pollution and the environment in the 70's* the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency