Eh, this one could go either way. Myself personally, I have seen and own quite a few films from the genre. I could go into the numerous influences from whoever and what movie, but no point.

Regardless of all the flack, I kinda liked it. It is rated on a different scale due to the "L", however, it could have been better. I enjoyed the women having the control over a medium of the adult industry, i.e. the magazine. It also never hurts to have Serena nekkid most of the flick *dizamn!* Don't worry, she isn't alone in the effort. Storywise, it was interesting in parts and the acting was not that terrible, as well.

Unfortunately, it became a little to drawn out. I didn't give a damn who the killer was towards the end. It didn't help the ending was blown outta proportion, either. I don't enjoy that HBO brand of skin, either. You run an adult magazine and it's named "Pussycat"! Well, that and if some chick is flailing around in her bathroom, how in the heck would you NOT see all? I don't like whack-ass, blatant camera work to keep you from seeing all of the goods. If you're not gonna deliver, don't bother. Quit wastin' my damn time.

The film itself is up to you. It is what it is. For myself, it wasn't all bad. Just remember if you're looking for "Demons" or something like it: Nope.

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Ok! I admit it! I hate giallos. They're boring, needlessly (and often pointlessly) confusing, and not half as "hardcore" as they'd liked to pretend they are. Ooh, it's crazy, we have sex and violence, oooooh so crazeh. There were plenty of other films at the time that had sex and violence, and they at least had some semblance of a story.

I have to say, however, that Delirium had enough mysterious elements to keep it going for me. The killer, who kills women by turning himself into big eyeballs and what not (well not really), has enough of an air of mystery around him to keep the viewer guessing as to what's going on without getting irritated watching detectives walk around for two hours.

Also, the kills are pretty inventive. At one point the killer lets a nest of bees into a model's house (which INSTANTLY fill the entire house), then for some reason the girl sees him as a huge bee. This led me to believe that the killer was using costumes or fear agents or crazy pills to make the victims hallucinate as a theme...but then I remembered another girl sees the killer as a huge eyeball and gets pitchforked across the yard into a pool. So, it's just a gimmick. Oh well.

Like The Captain said, there's plenty of nudity, being that the lead character owns a nudie magazine. It's kind of a par for the course in a giallo, but here it actually makes some sort of sense, so I had to give some props for that.

The killer's motivations are completely ridiculous, but at least I didn't fall a damn asleep while I was watching it. Worth a look-see if only for the eyeball mask!

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