How to Make a Monster

The film was released in 1958 and registered for US copyright by Sunset Productions, Inc. (an affiliate of AIP) on July 1, 1958, with registration number LP12152. Under the law governing works from the 1928–1963 era, the copyright required a renewal within the 28th year of the first term to remain protected. I located the renewal record in the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the US Copyright Office records. The copyright was successfully renewed on March 24, 1986, by Selma Enterprises (successors in interest to Sunset Productions) under renewal number RE0000282902. Because the renewal was filed correctly, the copyright was extended for a second term of 67 years, for a total of 95 years from the date of publication. The rights currently reside with Orion Pictures Corporation (a subsidiary of MGM/Amazon), which acquired much of the AIP library. The film has seen consistent commercial exploitation, including a DVD release by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and inclusion in various 'Midnight Movies' collections, 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.