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Violent Midnight (1963)

Violent Midnight poster
Directed by
Richard Hilliard
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A series of slashing murders target women at a college in a small New England town. The locals and authorities try to figure out who is behind the attacks.

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What happens

Violent Midnight is a 1963 American exploitation slasher film 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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