Spoiler Alerthd Review

In 1971, National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney ran a feature titled "Spoilers" that revealed the endings of classic films like Citizen Kane and Psycho .

Both the Oxford English Dictionary and Cambridge University Press date the first written occurrence of the exact phrase "spoiler alert" to a 1982 Usenet post . The post was part of a discussion regarding the Star Trek film The Wrath of Khan . Spoiler AlertHD

By the late 1980s, the term became a staple of "netiquette," often followed by "spoiler space"—several blank lines intended to prevent accidental reading. The Psychological Impact of Spoilers In 1971, National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney ran