Violent Midnight

This article is about the 1963 Richard Hilliard film. For the 1973 British film, see Psychomania.
Violent Midnight
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Directed byRichard Hilliard
Screenplay by
Story byRichard Hilliard
Produced byDel Tenney
Starring
CinematographyLouis McMahon
Edited byRobert Q. Lovett
Music byWilford Holcombe
Production
company
Del Tenney Productions
Distributed byVictoria Films
Release dates
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Violent Midnight is a 1963 American exploitation slasher film[4] directed by Richard Hilliard and starring Lee Philips, Shepperd Strudwick, and Jean Hale. It focuses on a small New England town plagued by a series of slashing murders focused around a women's college.

The film was initially titled Black Autumn, but released as Violent Midnight, premiering in Hartford, Connecticut in May 1963. It was later re-released under the title Psychomania in 1964.[5]

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  2. ^ "Violent Midnight". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019.
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  4. ^ "Video Watchdog". Video Watchdog: The Perfectionist's Guide to Fantastic Video (1–8). Video Watchdog: cxxvi. ISSN 1070-9991.
  5. ^ "Violent Midnight (1963)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 28, 2017.