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Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Hammer Film Productions / Warner Bros. · Dir. Alan Gibson
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
Dracula A.D. 1972 is a British production by Hammer Film Productions, distributed in the United States by Warner Bros. under a theatrical release in 1972. Under the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, works published between 1964 and 1977 were granted automatic renewal, meaning a manual renewal filing was not required to maintain US copyright protection.
Furthermore, as a British work, its US copyright status is reinforced by the URAA (Uruguay Round Agreements Act) of 1996, which restored US copyright to foreign works that were still protected in their source country on January 1, 1996. The film remains under copyright in the United Kingdom (70 years after the death of the director/authors). In the United States, it is actively exploited by Warner Bros. through modern Blu-ray releases (Warner Archive), digital streaming, and licensing, confirming a clear chain of title and active protection.
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Supporting facts
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- U.S. Copyright Office Records (Automatic Renewal 1964-1977)
- URAA / 17 U.S.C. § 104A
- Warner Bros. Discovery Licensing Catalog
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