History and a few things horror: To paraphrase GuppyCur "no visual proof and it didn't happen"
So here goes.
The first Vampire movie Nosferatu 1929, No I was not born then, But i have watched it.
First Zombie movie: Was more of a voodoo created zombie: Bela Lugosi White Zombie 1932
He was the First "Dracula" character. But, was the second vampire movie and made it popular.
George Romero Night of the Living Dead October 1, 1968 Box office $30,087,064.00
George Romero Dawn of the dead January 1, 1978 Box office $55,000,000.00
Based on his literary works, and, were proven lucrative in the theatre.
Over time people got use to seeing it and creators started to push the limits.
Hays Code The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship
of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by major studios. followed by
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) now just MPA To cover a wider scope, of regulatory opinion,
regarding Visual media to the public. Basically the big brother of what is sanctioned or non-sanctioned.
Life Before 1993
The first social media was 1978, It was made popular by AOL 1992, and entrenched in 2004 by Facebook
April 30, 1993
The World Wide Web became available to the broader public 30 years ago On April 30, 1993,
the World Wide Web was released into the public domain. It revolutionized the internet and
allowed users to create websites filled with graphics, audio and hyperlinks.
Activity began to explode in 2000, when Google became the client search engine for one of the Web's
most popular sites, Yahoo!. By 2004, when Yahoo! dispensed with Google's services, users were searching
on Google 200 million times a day.
2003 PEGI (Pan European Game Information) is the European age-rating system for video games.
So basically there are two courts, vying for control, public opinion and reputation.
The whole point of business is to make something that is accepted, and is financially positive.
Spock said it best "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the ONE". They have kept
that line in each reiteration of Star Trek, and so have the regulatory commissions stayed.
Thenumbers.com
***https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/year/1982*** Just change the four digit year to
get an overview of movie release from before and now. 1915 to the present.