Le foto di Gioia (1987)

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Gianfranco Clerici (screenplay)
Luciano Martino (story)

Release Date:

3 April 1987 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

This spaghetti horror's storyline revolves around a former hooker (Grandi) running a successful men's magazine...

Plot Keywords:

Model | Running | Slit Throat | Nude Model | Photograph

Cast

Serena Grandi	...	Gioia (It.) / Gloria (Eng.)
Daria Nicolodi	...	Evelyn
Vanni Corbellini	...	Tony
David Brandon	...	Roberto
George Eastman	...	Alex
Trine Michelsen	...	Kim (as Katrine Michelsen)
Karl Zinny	...	Mark
Lino Salemme	...	Inspector Corsi
Sabrina Salerno	...	Sabrina
Capucine	...	Flora
Loredana Petricca
Lionello Pio Di Savoia
Béatrice Kruger
Gianni Franco
Marcia Sedoc	...	Kelly

Also Known As:

Delirium
Delirium: Photo of Gioia (USA) (DVD box title)
Gioia's Photograph
Photo of Gioia
Photos of Joy

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | South Korea:18 | Italy:VM14 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Dania Film

Trivia:

Dario Argento was at one point attached but pulled out due to script changes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.4)" (1998)

It Was an OK Giallo

The Italian giallo is an interesting type of movie. I have seen many good films from this category including films like "Deep Red", "New York Ripper" or "Eyeball. "Delirium" is an interesting film from Mario Bava's son Lamberto, who also directed "Demons" 1 and 2. I had heard of this movie for many years but never really got the chance to see it, and many people had told me that this isn't a great film. Well, it wasn't exactly a great film, but, if you like a ton of nudity, some violence, and a plot that was predictable from the start of the movie, you should like this.

The story is about a woman named Gloria who runs an adult magazine. When friends and employees turn up dead she becomes frightened that the killer is out to get her.

Of course, that is just a little bit about the movie. What makes this a fun movie is all of the different Italian actors that end up in it. We have Serena Grandi playing as the volumptuous Gloria. Daria Nicoladi from Dario Argento fame playing a close friend of Gloria's in the movie. Joe Damato's good friend George Eastman makes a some what small appearance in the movie. Karl Zinny from Demons plays a pervert in a wheelchair. And Lino Salemme from both Demons films plays a detective in this film. So it has its fare share of familiar faces.

I had thought this movie would be gorier considering this is Lamberto Bava we are talking about here. But we do have a few decent scenes of bloody mayhem, but not much. More or less, this is a movie just to see a lot of big breasted women take off their clothes, and I would be lying if I said that was a bad thing.

All in all, it was a decent giallo. Not the best, but definitely not the worst. 6/10