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In the 1970s Sony came out with Betamax while JVC came out with VHS.  Thus a competition was born!: BETAMAX Made by: Sony Patent: Exclusive Price: Higher Record Time: One Hour Size: smaller size, but originally needed two tapes for a single feature film. Quality: Better at first, then worse VHS Made by: JVC Patent: Licenced Price: Lower Record Time: Two Hours Size: Larger Quality: Worse at first, then better Betamax originally had better quality, was smaller, but only one ho

In 1922 a group of Hollywood producers got together to form the MPPDA, now known as the MPA (though best known as the MPAA): the Motion Producers Association with William Hays in charge. This was done to: Rebrand their image after a series of highly publicized scandals. To reduce government censorship by negotiating with state and city censorship boards. Also to save money (as it would reduce the risk a movie would be banned in a area, of needing more editors and cuts to fil

Actor Dick Miller first appeared as the character Walter Paisley in the 1959 Roger Corman film ' A Bucket of Blood '. Next he appeared as Walter Paisley in the 1976 Joe Dante film ' Hollywood Boulevard '. He would go on to become a staple in Dante films, most notably playing Mr Futterman in the Gremlins franchise. Dante would cast Miller as Walter Paisley in a few other films: The Howling (1981) Twilight Zone (1983) Miller then went on to play Walter Paisley in the 1986 Jim

This man, this legend, has made a lot of low budget z-movies about sharks. This is an ongoing list, as this blessed man is still creating...

The La Casa franchise is just... bizarre. Very basically what happened was Sam Raimi's 1981 film, Evil Dead , was very popular in Italy...