10 to Midnight (1983)

10 to Midnight is an action-crime-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, and Wilford Brimley. 10 to Midnight was released by City Films, a subsidiary of Cannon Films, to American cinemas on March 11, 1983.

10 to Midnight is a drama that mixes elements of police and slasher films. It portrays the homicidal behavior of Warren Stacy (played by Gene Davis), a young office equipment repairman who kills women after they reject his sexual advances. Two Los Angeles police detectives, Leo Kessler (played by Charles Bronson) and Paul McAnn (played by Andrew Stevens) are in the process of investigating his murders. Stacy avoids prosecution by constructing sound alibis and assaulting his victims while naked, thus minimizing evidence. Later, his partner refuses to go along when Kessler plants evidence in order to frame Stacy. Stacy then goes on another rampage, killing three women who are friends with Kessler's daughter. When he is caught, stark naked in the street, he states how he will say all the things that will "prove" that he is crazy: he hears voices telling him to do things, etc., and that one day, he will get out and kill Kessler and his entire family. Kessler tells him "No, you won't" and shoots him through the forehead.