Violent Midnight (1963)

The tawdry shocker Violent Midnight (1963) tells the story of Korean War vet Elliot Freeman (Lee Philips), whose civilian job is painting portraits of models . . . nude models . . . nude female models. When one of Elliot’s subjects gets stabbed to death, our artist hero is the main suspect, and he’s got to prove his innocence, even as a subsequent series of coed killings takes place at a nearby college. Violent Midnight is noteworthy not only for its graphic slayings but for daring bare scenes by Kaye Elhardt and Lorraine Rogers.