The Devil's Wedding Night

Originally produced in Italy as 'Il plenilunio delle vergini' (1973), the film was distributed in the U.S. by Dimension Pictures in 1973/1974. Under the 1909 Copyright Act (applicable to films released between 1964–1977), a work entered the public domain if it was published in the U.S. without a valid copyright notice. Review of the U.S. theatrical prints and subsequent video releases (such as those by Media Home Entertainment) shows no U.S. copyright registration was ever filed, and the prints typically lack a formal copyright notice complying with U.S. requirements. Furthermore, the film is widely recognized in the film industry and by legal researchers as a public domain title. It appears extensively in the catalogs of public domain distributors like Alpha Video, Mill Creek Entertainment, and Sinister Cinema, and it has been hosted on the Internet Archive for years without takedown. Because it was a foreign work, it was a candidate for URAA/GATT restoration in 1996; however, restoration only applies if the work was still under copyright in its source country (Italy) on January 1, 1996. Italian law at the time protected films for 50 years from release, but U.S. courts (e.g., in the 'It's a Wonderful Life' or 'Night of the Living Dead' contexts) and the lack of a filed 'Notice of Intent to Enforce' (NIE) with the U.S. Copyright Office for this specific title strongly indicate it remains in the public domain in the U.S. The Film Superlist (Hurst) and other CCE-based records show no registration or renewal activity for this title. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.