Deliria (1987)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Michele Soavi

Writers:

George Eastman (writer)
Sheila Goldberg (dialogue)

Release Date:

8 February 1987 (Australia)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The theatre of death

Plot:

A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Panic | Theater | Play | Covered In Blood

Awards:

1 win

Cast

David Brandon	...	Peter
Barbara Cupisti	...	Alicia
Domenico Fiore	...	Police Chief (as Dom Fiore)
Robert Gligorov	...	Danny
Mickey Knox	...	Old Cop
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Brett (as John Morghen)
Clain Parker	...	Irving Wallace
Loredana Parrella	...	Corinne (as Lori Parrel)
Martin Philips	...	Mark
James Sampson	...	Willy (as James E.R. Sampson)
Ulrike Schwerk	...	Betty
Mary Sellers	...	Laurel
Jo Ann Smith	...	Sybil
Piero Vida	...	Ferrari
Richard Barkeley	...	Dr. Porter

Also Known As:

Bloody Bird
Sound Stage Massacre
Stage Fright
StageFright: Aquarius (International: English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | France:-12 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 | Italy:VM14 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

DMV Distribuzione

Trivia:

The scene where Brett bows in front of the mirror to reveal Wallace standing directly behind him is a homage to Dario Argento's film Tenebre (1982), which Michele Soavi was an assistant director on.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Alicia uses the Fire Extinguisher on Irving Wallace, he falls and grabs a power cable to climb back up. In the wide shot of Irving Wallace climbing back up, in the far right corner of the frame, you can clearly see a cable, hoisting him up as he climbs up the cable.

Quotes:

Ferrari: It's looking fine just the way it is, i think you've pushed the erotic angle about as far as you can.
Peter: the "Erotic Angle"? Mr Ferrari, where have you been all these years?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Death Is Beautiful: Michele Soavi Directs Dellamorte Dellamore (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Mystery Rouge

Wonderful effort from Michele Soavi!

Michele Soavi should really be proud of this film considering the raves and thumbs up rewarded by fans across. For those of you who are not familiar with this director this was his first debut at directing since he was at first an Assistant Director and protégé to both Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava on films like Tenebre, Demons, A Blade in the Dark, Opera and Phenomena.

Stagefright infuses mostly style towards camera work on a technical scale with music and acting being secondary. Although the story can be fairly predictable, it still does manage to catch important suspense as there are moments to being treated as if the camera and you are one.

Although I won't watch too often it's still a brilliant attempt at what he achieve as a director and proud to know he accomplish such features as fully fledged director.

Very good.