***This kind of film wasn’t supposed to be made in 1967.***
Say WHAT!
what about movies like MAD DOG COLL or BABY FACE NELSON! Ultra violent movies for the 1950s!
What made the difference between the violent movies in 1967 and 1969 was the murder of Bobby Kennedy when everything mildly violent was blamed for the murder. Movies, TV, pulp fiction books, comic books, cartoons, the NRA.
The movie industry, in trying to stave off government regulation, said they would police themselves with a joke of a ratings system.
So they pumped up the violence and sex to get the then coveted R rating.
I’m thinking the author either was ignorant, talking about the big hollywood system, or talking about the mythical “peace and love” sixties.
Gore films began in the US in the early 1960s (Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs, et al) and there were “adult only” films called roughies (often in gritty black and white) that had violent plots. Even some of the Mike Hammer films were sadistic (strongly implied if not graphic) in their violence.
Wild Bunch added some profanity to the mix but there were already other Hollywood films getting “edgier”.