Drive-In Massacre

Drive-In Massacre was released in 1976. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, as amended by the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, works published between 1964 and 1977 are granted automatic renewal of copyright. Consequently, no manual renewal filing in the 28th year was required to maintain protection in the United States. A search of the United States Copyright Office records reveals that the film was formally registered by the production company, Newline Cinema (not to be confused with New Line Cinema), on August 16, 1976, under registration number PA0000002820. The copyright was later assigned or managed in conjunction with rights holders like Severin Films and Media Blasters for various home video releases. Because the film was registered in its year of publication and falls within the automatic renewal window, it remains under copyright protection for 95 years from the date of publication, expiring on December 31, 2071. The film is currently actively exploited through streaming services (Tubi, Night Flight) and recent high-definition physical media releases (Severin Films, 2017), confirming it is not an orphan work. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.