The only audio option for the disc is an DTS-HD 2.0 Mono track, in English, with no alternate language or subtitle options provided. Also, both detail and texture advance quite handily over previous DVD editions of the film.
Colors really pop here, reds in particular look excellent but the entire range of colors used in the movie looks excellent. There might be a little bit of DNR here and there but it could also be some slightly soft camera work. There are no compression artifacts or issues with noticeable edge enhancement.
If the story is a bit on the predictable side, so be it, as everything else works well enough to easily hold our attention.Ĭode Red reissues Delirium on Blu-ray framed at 1.85.1 widescreen in an AVC encoded 1080p high definition presentation taken from a ‘2016 HD master with extensive and painstaking color correction.' Generally speaking the movie looks very good on Blu-ray, a lot better than the old Media Blasters DVD. The film also features a great, if completely quirky, score from composer Simon Boswell. The compositions are strong and the use of color in the film is impressive (as are the strange sequences when we see the victims as aliens or insects through the eyes of the killer!). Bava makes sure that everything looks good though. The plot comes second to the visuals, however, and there are times where it's clear that maybe this didn't have quite the budget it should have had. Throw in a supporting role from an underused Daria Nicolodi and another supporting role from an oversexed George Eastman and this one winds up with a strong cast. Karl Zinny is fun as the pervy neighbor, always spying on Gloria through his telescope, while David Brandon is great as the brother. She looks the part and she plays it well. She's not only incredibly fetching but has a decent screen presence here. Grandi herself, never one to be described as bashful, is genuinely good in the role. At times the move comes pretty close to softcore territory, leaving little to the imagination. The murder set pieces are over the top in the best possible way and the film has more female flesh on display than you can shake a stick at. Sleazy even by the standards of the Italian Giallo films, Delirium is never the less very stylish and quite engaging. Someone clearly has a grudge against Gloria… but who? And why? While this is going on, Gloria tries to rekindle what she once had with an actor named Alex (George Eastman). The next day, her office manager Evelyn (Daria Nicolodi) hands her an envelope with another set of pictures in it. Shortly after, as she struts about her apartment in the nude, someone lets a horde of killer bees into the room and she turns out to be victim number two. When he can't get it up, he gets angry, but she encourages him to just laugh it off and ensures him that she'll take care of him. After that, a model named Sabrina (played by Italian pop star Sabrina Salerno), sleeps with Gloria's brother (David Brandon), who also works as her photographer. The next day, Gloria receives photos of the victim's corpse posed in front of a giant blow up photo of Gloria herself. He tells the cops that the culprit was a blonde. The young man next door (Karl Zinni), bound to a wheelchair, saw something. The cops come and investigate but there aren't many clues. The first to go is a blonde model, taken out with a pitchfork and left dead, floating in Gloria's pool. She doesn't want for money, her business is quite successful, and she's as beautiful as she is popular.Īnd then the murders start. Directed by Lamberto Bava with a story credit given to Luciano Martino, Delirium (or, Delirium: Photo Of Gioia, if you prefer) opens with a sexy photo shoot for Pussycat magazine, an adult publication run by a former model named Gloria (played by Serena Grandi and named Gioia in the Italian version, thus explaining the alternate title) left to her by her late husband.