And I do mean EVERYTHING else.A great looking film in all aspects. Brilliant camera work. Excellent use of color. The cinematography and art direction were Oscar worthy and everybody in it looked great. The majority of them proving it by getting naked.Beautiful models get bumped off by a killer whose face becomes a giant eye before the kill. The sudden rush of colors signifies that a murder is coming. Said models work for a magazine that our heroine (A former model herself) runs.Of course now she thinks she's the final target. Is she? If you can find this gem, see it.I found this in a used video box in Tokyo and was sucked in but the cover art. Seeing Bava's name helped too.It's a bit dated now, it reminds one of an 80's music video at times. But the mystery element is great and never lets up.

"Delirium: Photo of Gioia" is an incredibly fun and enjoyable later-era giallo.**SPOILERS**Retired from the business, former model Gioia, (Serena Grandi) decides to concentrate more on her new men's magazine with her assistant Evelyn, (Daria Nicolodi) and photography brother Tony, (Vanni Corbellini) which becomes a big success. When one of her models turns up dead one day in a photograph posed in front of one of her past layouts, Inspector Corsi, (Lino Salemme) is assigned to the case, and as she tries to get on with her life, the more the incidents start repeating themselves. Convinced she's the next target, she tries to find the killer before she and the rest of her friends are killed as well, leading to a shocking revelation that none of them expected.The Good News: There was a lot of good stuff to this one. One of it's better elements is that, like all good giallos, there's moments where it's weird for no sake other than being so. None is more obvious than the early kills, which are just plain odd and incredibly weird. One attack features a model wearing their normal outfit, but when it turns to the killer's POV, the head disappears and a singular gigantic eyeball takes it's place, while the entire background changes to a red-filtered look for the duration until the final blow, where the red-filters come off and the it disappears into the regular face, a really bizarre image at the very least. A later one, where the same murder-vision occurs again, only to change into a gigantic bee-mask instead. It fits in with the kill method, but the fact that it makes for a completely bizarre and weird image on it's own is another great plus, which makes them so great. The killer's tactic with the photographs and the dead bodies is another strange tactic, and one that definitely works a lot more due to it's rather unique and original concept. The photo-shoots also count here, which are quite unusual and work for getting several great pluses into the film. The first one is pretty much an extended excuse to get a ton of nudity into the proceedings, while the second one is simply incredible, featuring one of the better parts of the film. The nudity is present again,, but the fact that it goes off into horror film territory, with the mummies and the fog working in great opportunity to allow for some rather fun moments in here, which is what makes it stand out quite nicely. The whole scene is just fantastic, and along with the length and aftermath, they're both great scenes. The rest of the film's sleaze and nudity here are just as much fun, which is quite nice as the lead who provides just about all of the nudity is provided by the one best qualified to do so, and that's a fantastic quality to have. Plus, it also needs the sleaze to come in from the incest theme brought aboard at the very end, which is definitely unexpected and makes the scenes all the better and dirtier when combined with the elements that are brought into the film before, all added together make for an incredibly sleazy scene that is a great touch to the film. Other bits of nudity, including several other sex scenes, a couple undressing scenes or just moments where they walk around nude or topless, and the film is really packed with nudity. There's also some really nice elements here from the horror aspect, which is really nice. From the first two kills being just absolutely-standard giallo kills that have to be seen to be believed along with the fun revelation of the killer's identity, this one has some really great moments to come from the horror side. The last plus about that is the chase through the department store, which has a lot going for it. With the different elements presented throughout the lengthy battle, with everything from jumps, stalking and more crammed into it, make it one of the best aspects of the film. These here are all that's right with the film.The Bad News: There wasn't much wrong with this one. One of it's problems is that there's hardly any on-screen blood or gore in here, which is a pretty big factor here. Rather than actually featuring something worthwhile after the opening entries, it devolves into aftermath that isn't exactly all too graphic at all or are killed in completely non-violent ways, effectively neutering whatever chance it had to be bloody from the start. Add into that the incredibly low body count, which is less than half-a-dozen and there's not really a lot that can be done with that much to give a lot anyway, so the kills are pretty much doomed from the start. The only other area it fails here is the pretty slow middle segment, where hardly anything happens. It develops a romance angle that goes nowhere, it spends hardly any time on the killings or investigation or features barely any scares at all, making it just drag on. The nudity does help, but that's about it as the rest isn't that exciting at all and does some really damage to this section. These here are the film's only real flaws.The Final Verdict: Even though it's not that violent, there's still enough to enjoy elsewhere from this one that it still lands quite easily in the enjoyable side. Give this one a shot if you're into giallos, a fan of the creative side or the cast or into European horror, while those who aren't should heed caution.Rated UR/R: Nudity, Violence and some Language

'Delirium' is a disappointing late addition to the giallo cycle which peaked in the first half of the 1970s. Luscious Serena Grandi (who looks the part but unfortunately cannot act) plays the owner of a fashion magazine who becomes involved in a not-terribly-interesting series of murders. There's the usual prowling camera-work and off-kilter set-design common to this genre, but the script is too dull and the performances too by-the-numbers for this to be truly effective. Things are not helped by a truly appalling synth-based score by Simon Bosworth and some ludicrous makeup effects (intended apparently to depict the killer's 'dehumanisation' of his victims. Capucine, in one of her final screen roles, adds a bit of class as a rival magazine publisher.For die-hard genre fans only – 3/10.

Lamberto Bava may not be as great as his father; master director Mario Bava, but you can always count on a good time when it comes to his movies - and while Delirium is certainly no masterpiece; Giallo fans will be satisfied with this sleazy story of murder and naked women! Italy's answer to Dolly Parton, Serena Grandi, stars as Gioia (the Italian answer to 'Gloria'), the owner of a porn magazine known as 'Pussycat'. The porn industry attracts a lot of attention for it's stars, and Pussycat magazine is no exception. One of Gloria's admirers is a wheelchair bound young man who spies on here from the sanctity of bedroom, and another 'admirer' is someone a little more psycho - someone that likes to kill Gloria's models, and then send her pictures of their mutilated corpses in front of a six foot picture of herself! Obviously, this leads our leading lady to assume that she's the next victim; as more and more of her models are killed, who could be the killer? And what could possibly be their reason for slicing up such fine looking ladies? Lamberto Bava seems to know what audiences like - and this is shown by the way that Grandi's breasts are shown often. I have no problem with this; and I doubt anyone else with a will to see this film will either. The Giallo is a sub-genre soaked in sleaze, and Bava does a good job of implementing that style into this film by way of lots of nudity, and some graphic murders. The murders are a big part of any Giallo - and this one features the likes of murder by pitchfork, and the (apparently) famous bee murder scene! Really, the murders aren't the best ever seen in a Giallo; but they do the job. The acting is typically trashy, and it's always obvious how Serena Grandi won her role (clue: it wasn't acting talent). The cast is made up of unknowns (Giallo standard), with the exception of Daria Nicoladi. Dario Argento's frequent collaborator lights up the support cast, and gives the film an extra little bit of cult class. Lamberto Bava's films are often rated poorly by critics (both professional and amateur), but as usual; Delirium isn't all that bad. No masterpiece; but well worth seeing for the Giallo fan.