One Of The 1970s' Scariest Movies Isn't Even A Horror

Horror movies had a big resurgence in the 1970s, but one of the scariest films from that decade is in an entirely different genre. The 1970s was an unusual time for movies because Hollywood was at an important crossroads in its long history. Major studios were going belly-up and the creators from decades past were being shoved aside in favor of a new crop of young filmmakers with educations specifically in the art of film. Auteurs like Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese all blossomed in the '70s, and helped to revolutionize mainstream moviemaking.