Delirium, also known as Photo of Gioia and Delirium: Photo of Gioia is a 1980

1987 in film

-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....

 Italian

Italy

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 giallo

Giallo

Giallo is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language it refers to a genre similar to the French fantastique genre and includes elements of horror fiction and eroticism...

 film directed by Lamberto Bava

Lamberto Bava

Lamberto Bava is an Italian film director, specializing in horror and fantasy films.Bava was born in Rome, Italy, the son of cinematographer/director Mario Bava, and grandson of cameraman Eugenio Bava...

 and starring Serena Grandi

Serena Grandi

Serena Grandi is an Italian actress, famous as an icon and sex symbol in Italian cinema of 1980s and 1990s. Known for her junoesque body and voluptuous measurements, she was considered one of the main pin-up girls of Italy....

.

Plot

A former prostitute is in charge of a successful men's magazine. An obsessed admirer systematically slaughters her models (which also increases the magazine's sales) and supplies the mistress with pictures of their disfigured corpses taken in front of her semi-nude posters visible in the background. The more he kills the closer the killer gets to slaughtering his obsession.

Production

Famed giallo director Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Dario Argento is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies....

 was attached to direct early in production but pulled out due to script changes. He was replaced by his protege Lamberto Bava.

Releases

Shriek Show released the film on Region 1 DVD as part of their "Giallo Collection." The DVD was also released in a box set entitled "Psycho Killer Triple Feature" along with Euro cult films House on the Edge of the Park and Beyond the Darkness.

Cast

• Serena Grandi
  Serena Grandi
  Serena Grandi is an Italian actress, famous as an icon and sex symbol in Italian cinema of 1980s and 1990s. Known for her junoesque body and voluptuous measurements, she was considered one of the main pin-up girls of Italy....
  
   - Gloria
• Daria Nicolodi
  Daria Nicolodi
  Daria Nicolodi is an Italian actress and screenwriter.- Early life and career :Daria Nicolodi was born in Florence on June 19, 1950. Her father was a Florentine lawyer and her mother, Fulvia, was a scholar of ancient languages. Her maternal grandfather was composer Alfredo Casella...
  
   - Evelyn
• Vanni Corbellini - Tony
• David Brandon
  David Brandon
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   - Roberto
• George Eastman
  George Eastman (actor)
  George Eastman is an Italian B-movie actor and screenwriter.Eastman was born in Genoa, Italy. He took his Americanized alias "George Eastman" when he was cast as a "heavy" in many spaghetti westerns made in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
  
   : Alex
• Katrine Michelsen - Kim
• Karl Zinny - Mark
• Lino Salemme - Inspector Corsi
• Sabrina Salerno
  Sabrina Salerno
  Sabrina Salerno , also known in her singing career as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, television hostess, model, actress and record producer...
  
   - Sabrina
• Capucine
  Capucine
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  - Flora