Halloween is coming up and many people want to watch a good horror flick to get into the mood for the season. Also, it can be a good way to raise some money.
One way to avoid being slapped with copyright violations if you want to show a movie for free or charge admission to a crowd of people is two beautiful words: PUBLIC DOMAIN!
Movies lapse into the public domain for a number of reasons including their copyrights expiring or not being copyrighted in the first place. You can show these movies and charge admission or even make your own DVDs of them! They can be found at sites like Internet Archive or downloaded off of youtube with “Easy Youtube Downloader”. Use them to fund raise or to just entertain at a public viewing.
Here are some examples:
- Hardcore horror and gore;
Night of the Living Dead
Lady Frankenstein
The Driller Killer
Frankenstein ‘80
Horror Express
Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks
Silent Night, Bloody Night
Grave of the Vampire
Drive-In Massacre
Bloody Pit Of Horror
Don’t Look In The Basement
Leptirica
Carnival of Souls
Spider Baby
Dominique is Dead
Savage Weekend
- So bad they awesome
Glen or Glenda
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Manos, The Hands of Fate
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
The Violent Years
Night of the Blood Beast
Terror In The Midnight Sun
The Galaxy Invader
Snow Beast
The Beast of Yucca Flats
Reefer Madness
Marihuana
The Cocaine Fiends
Embryo
Assassin of Youth
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
Jail Bait
Bride of the Monster
-Martial Arts Mayhem!
Black Fist
The Street Fighter
Return of the Street Fighter
The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge
The Real Bruce Lee
Images of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave
Laser Mission
- Kaiju! (Note: only the 'Americanized’ versions of Gamera are PD)
Pulgasari
Gamera The Invincible
Gamera vs Viras
Gappa: The Triphibian Monster/ Monster From a Prehistoric Planet
Gamera vs Guiron
Gamera vs Barugon
And various propaganda and training films.
Its a good way to raise money and find clips!