Delirium 4K 1987

At a time when Robert Zemeckis was 'rocking out' with his 'Back to the Future' forming a new fashion for entertaining cinema, and Oliver Stone was not yet a rebel at all, European cinema was boring. The eighties were passive and boring. The more entertaining are Lamberto Bava's attempts to revitalize giallo.

The movie is made in full accordance with the canons of successful works by Mario Bava and Dario Argento. First of all, Lamberto relies on the atmosphere of horror without reducing everything to paranoia. The viewer's attention is fixed on the search for a mysterious killer, a modeling agency and a strong, successful woman. The abundance of naked female bodies contrasts with occasional pools of blood.

The narrative focuses on the businesslike and determined heroine Serena Grandi. Moreover, even the criminal who so unexpectedly demanded the lady to undress (as if expressing the hidden demands of some part of the male audience) will be charmed by her forms. At the same time, some scenes (for example, the maniac's pursuit of girls; harassment in the theater, etc.) turn out to be sustained in the best traditions of the masters of giallo. This is how Lamberto brings his movie to its end. And what would giallo have looked like in the 'baby boom' era? Not without irony, Lamberto lets the villain experience a direct hit to the groin and tosses Grandi's 'let's stay friends' to the savior.