I can imagine, in the early '70s, i.e., after the release of Soylent Green (1973), people finding its climax to be what we now call creepypasta. Why only then? It’s quite possible even today.

Sci-fi has remained at the cutting edge of cinema, sculpting worlds and universes that twist the viewer's suspension of disbelief without breaking it. While the genre has radically improved over the ...