Violent Midnight
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| Directed by | Richard Hilliard |
| Screenplay by | Robin Miller |
| Based on | A story by Richard Hilliard |
| Produced by | Del Tenney |
| Starring | Lee Philips Shepperd Strudwick Jean Hale |
| Cinematography | Louis McMahon |
| Edited by | Robert Q. Lovett |
| Music by | Wilford Holcombe |
Production company | Del Tenney Productions |
| Distributed by | Victoria Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Violent Midnight (also known as Psychomania and Black Autumn)[1] is a 1963 American exploitation horror film[2] 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 axe murders.
Cast
- Lee Philips as Elliot Freeman
- Shepperd Strudwick as Adrian Benedict
- Jean Hale as Carol Bishop
- Lorraine Rogers as Alice St. Clair
- Dick Van Patten as Police Lt. Palmer
- Sheila Forbes as Janet "Lolita" Terhune
- James Farentino as Charlie Perone
- Kaye Elhardt as Dolores Martello
- Sylvia Miles as Silvia (as Silvia Miles)
- Day Tuttle as Arthur Melbourne
- Mike O'Dowd as Max, Adrian's Chauffeur
- Mike Keene as Police Inspector Grey
Production
Filming for Violent Midnight took place in Stamford, Connecticut.[3] Additional reshoots of sex scenes between James Farentino and Lorraine Rogers's characters was completed after principal photography and edited into the final cut.[4]
References
- ^ "Violent Midnight (1963)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Video Watchdog" (1–8). Video Watchdog: cxxvi. ISSN 1070-9991.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Albright, Brian (2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews. McFarland. pp. 185–6. ISBN 978-0-786-47227-7.
- ^ Weaver, Tom (2000). Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews (Revised ed.). McFarland. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-786-40755-2.