Horror movies always reflect the era in which they were made.
Torture horror of the 2000s featured the U.S.’s practices of torturing foreign citizens while 1980s American horror often reinforced very traditional social norms as a part of the Reagan era’s love for yesteryear.
Then there were 1950s horror films, which largely focused on nuclear anxiety.
The Cold War was in the air during this decade and the prospect of the world coming to a halt because of nuclear annihilation wasn’t a far-out possibility anymore.
Inevitably, horror features were going to capture this anxiety with titles like The Giant Gila Monster.
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