FilmRSlasher Psychological Survival

10 to Midnight1983

Name: 10 to Midnight
Genre: Slasher, Psychological, Survival
Released: 1983-03-11
Rating: 5.8

“A cop... A killer... A deadline...”

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

5.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.3Rotten Tomatoes 40%Metacritic 12TMDB 6.2

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Year

1983

Runtime

102 min

Box Office

Budget

$4,520,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$7,175,592

Domestic

$7,175,592

The premise

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

Horror Vault's take

A cold and calculating killer targets women who spurn him, committing his crimes in the most forensically evasive way imaginable. Veteran detective Leo Kessler knows exactly who the murderer is — but the law keeps slipping through his fingers. As the body count rises, Kessler's methods grow increasingly desperate and morally murky. This grimy early-80s thriller puts its audience in the uncomfortable position of rooting for a cop willing to bend every rule in the book.

Content: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Depictions Of Sexual Violence, Stalking, Murder Of Women