1972 · giallo · psycho · surreal
Delirium
Directed by Renato Polselli1h 42m1972
A respected doctor becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.
Our read: Delirium (1972) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive giallo · psycho · surreal entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured giallo / psycho, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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