Violent Midnight (Psychomania)

A better-than-you'd-suspect noirish psychological thriller shot in
Connecticut in 1962 for just $40,000, Violent Midnight (1964), better
remembered under its general release title, Psychomania, is the third of
a trio Del Tenney movies released by Dark Sky Films. Well-acted, adult, and
imaginatively directed, it's by far the best of the three but unfortunately has
the most problematic transfer. Despite their low budgets and terrible
reputations, all three (the other two are The Horror of Party Beach and
Curse of the Living Corpse, released as a double-feature disc) have at
least something to recommend them.

Millionaire artist and troubled Korean War veteran Elliott Freeman (Lee
Phillips) - he "flipped his lid when one of his buddies bought it" - is being
investigated by Detective Palmer (Dick Van Patten)* after the grisly stabbing of
Elliott's nude model and former lover D...
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