The Redeemer: Son of Satan

The most prominent film with this title is the 1978 slasher 'The Redeemer: Son of Satan' (also known simply as 'The Redeemer'). Because this film was released after January 1, 1978, it falls under the Copyright Act of 1976. Under this Act, works are protected for 95 years from publication if they were published with a valid copyright notice or registered within five years. A US copyright registration was filed by the production company, T.K.R. Productions, on August 7, 1978 (Registration Number PA0000013895), which secures its protected status in the US until 2073. While the film is currently under copyright, it is widely considered an orphan work or 'legal limbo' title in the home video market. The original distributor, Dimension Pictures, collapsed in 1981, and the subsequent rights holder, BCI Eclipse (under Navarre Corp), was shuttered in 2009. While Code Red and Scorpion Releasing have issued limited DVD/Blu-ray runs through licensing deals with remaining stakeholders, there is no centralized major studio managing the title, and it is frequently absent from major streaming platforms. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.