Delirium (3 Stars)

This is an Italian slasher film made in 1987. The director Lamberto Bava is best known for his monster films with zombies and cannibals. "Delirium" is almost a normal film. Almost.

Gloria, pictured above, is played by the famous Italian actress Serena Grandi. Gloria used to be a nude model. Then she married Carlo Manzi, the owner of the Pussycat magazine, so she gave up modelling. After the death of her husband she inherited the magazine, but she's struggling with the business side of publishing, so her brother Tony does most of the work, while she concentrates on finding the most beautiful models.

There are a series of murders. Someone is killing her models, then taking photos of the dead bodies in front of a huge poster of Gloria from her modelling days. This boosts the sales of Pussycat, because the models are already dead by the time they appear on the front cover.

Here's an example of the photos. Kim is dead after being stabbed with a pitchfork. Her body is dumped on a bench in front of a photo from Gloria's modelling days.

The only witness of Kim's murder is Gloria's next door neighbour Mark. He's a cripple and is unable to leave his wheelchair. He's obsessed with Gloria, so he sits at the window all day watching her house with a telescope. Creepy!

The singer Sabrina Salerno plays herself in the film. She's the second model to be killed.

I had a crush on Sabrina in the 1980's. She had a beautiful face and a perfect body. I bought any music magazine which had an interview with her.

"Delirium" shows more of Sabrina's body than I ever saw in the music magazines. If you don't believe me, click on the picture above.

I said that "Delirium" is almost a normal film. Lamberto Bava can't get away from his monsters, however much he tries. In Sabrina's photoshoot for Pussycat she's being attacked by mummies.

If Sabrina had been the film's main star I would have given the film five stars. Unfortunately, she appears for less than 10 minutes before she's killed. Considering that it's a slasher film, "Delirium" has very little suspense. There are no jump scares. It's not exciting enough to deserve a better rating.

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