Blood Bath

Blood Bath (1966) is a convoluted production directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman, extensively re-edited from the Roger Corman-produced footage originally shot as 'Operation Titian' and 'Portrait in Terror'. Under the US Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1964 and 1977 do not require a renewal filing (renewal is automatic), but they still required a valid copyright notice on the release prints to secure federal protection. Research indicates that this film, along with many other AIP and Corman productions from this specific mid-60s window, was published without a proper copyright notice or with a defective notice. The film appears in the 'Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1950-1959)' and its subsequent volume covering the 1960s as having no valid registration or notice. Furthermore, it is widely cited in public domain catalogs (such as Alpha Video and Sinister Cinema) and has been included in numerous public domain '50-movie pack' DVD sets (e.g., Mill Creek Entertainment) without legal challenge for decades. While Arrow Video released a restored version in 2016, that protection applies only to the new restorative elements, not the underlying 1966 film, which has fallen into the public domain due to these notice failures. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.