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December 4, 2020 5 mins

The VHS tape, short for Video Home System, was first released in Japan in 1976. You could scratch it, drop it, and it played wherever you left off. It let you fast-forward through anything, re-wind for an instant replay, and you could record up to six hours on it. Annoying menus? Not on a VHS. And none of those boring loading screens. Best of all, with a pair of scissors and a piece of scotch tape you could get rid of any ads or trailers. So with the death of VHS what was the last film released on tape? And what was the first film to be streamed?

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