Delusion

Delusion

Welcome to Bloodhouse, where a woman's screams means NO ESCAPE!

R 1981 · 91 min · ★ 4.8 · Horror

Meredith Stone, a home care nurse, has been assigned the duty of looking after a wealthy invalid named Ivar Langrock. Cooped up in Langrock's stately country mansion, Meredith quickly suspects that someone sinister is lurking in the manor's dark halls only to discover that Ivar's demented and violent son has been locked away in a hidden room. Shortly thereafter, Ivar's grandson Gabriel also moves into the house and with his arrival a mysterious killer soon begins murdering members of the Langrock family along with their live-in staff.

Directed by Alan Beattie · Written by Alan Beattie

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Patricia Pearcy Meredith Stone
Joseph Cotten Ivar Langrock
David Hayward Jeffrey Fraser
John Dukakis Gabriel Langrock
Leon Charles Phillip
Alice Nunn Duffy
Patrick Pankhurst Wilfred Langrock
Louis Basile Taxi Driver
Abraham Alvarez Alex
Simone Griffeth Pamela Barton
James Purcell Detective
Shelby Leverington Additional Dialogue (voice)

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