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The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!
1972 · William Mishkin Productions · Dir. Andy Milligan
In early 20th-century England, the Mooneys are an eccentric clan live in a large rural home. Invalid patriarch Pa is a retired medical doctor claiming to be 199 years old. Phoebe, the eldest daughter, runs the household. Eldest son Mortimer is a businessman who conducts the finances and contributes to the income. Younger daughter Monica is a sadist who keeps live rats as pets, frequently mutilating them and other small animals. Youngest son Malcolm is a half-wit with animalistic tendencies to the point where he's kept locked in a room with live chickens. But the whole family have a dark, furry secret.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972) is a US production directed by Andy Milligan and produced by William Mishkin. Under the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, works published in the US between 1964 and 1977 were granted automatic renewal. Therefore, unlike films from the 1928–1963 era, the absence of a manual renewal record does not place this work in the public domain. The film was registered with the US Copyright Office by William Mishkin Motion Pictures, Inc. (Registration Number LP41440, dated June 1, 1972).
The rights to the film and the rest of the William Mishkin library were eventually acquired and are currently managed by Severin Films or licensed through specialized distributors like Shout! Factory and Vinegar Syndrome for high-definition restoration releases. The film remains under copyright protection in the US until 95 years after its publication date (December 31, 2067).
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Supporting facts
- US Copyright Office Public Catalog (Registration LP41440)
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) 1972, Motion Pictures and Filmstrips
- IMDb: The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)
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