Delirium: Photo of Gioia

Delirium: Photo of Gioia

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

1987 · 94 min · ★ 5.5 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Gioia is a buxom centerfold working for Pussycat magazine. In such a profession, having an admirer or two is expected, but Gioia's admirer is a vicious killer! He murders her fellow magazine models one at a time, using a variety of twisted implements of death. Gioia is the lucky recipient of a collection of photos, each with murdered bodies arranged around posters of her.

Directed by Lamberto Bava · Written by Daniele Stroppa

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