Delirium (1979 film)

Delirium (also known as Psycho Puppet) is a 1979 American thriller film, directed by Peter Maris and written by Maris and Richard Yalem.

Delirium
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Maris
Produced byPeter Maris
Sonny Vest
Written byPeter Maris
Richard Yalem
Story byEddie Krell
Jim Loew
Music byDavid C. Williams
CinematographyBill Mensch
Edited byDan Perry
Release date
  • October 1979 (1979-10)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film is one of the infamous "Video Nasties".

Cast

  • Turk Cekovsky as Paul Dollinger
  • Debi Chaney as Susan Norcross
  • Terry TenBroek as Larry Mead (as Terry Ten Broek)
  • Barron Winchester as Eric Stem
  • Bob Winters as Donald Andrews
  • Garrett Bergfeld as Mark
  • Nick Panouzis as Charlie Gunther
  • Harry Gorsuch as Capt. Hearn
  • Chris Chronopolis as Det. Parker
  • Lloyd Schattyn as Det. Simms
  • Jack Garvey as Devlin
  • Mike Kalist as Specter
  • Myron Kozman as Wells
  • Pat Knapko as Jenny Thompson
  • Letty Garris as Hitchhiker
  • Charlotte Littrel as Vietnamese prostitute

Release

Delirium was released in July 1979 in the United States.

Critical reception

TV Guide's review was generally unfavourable, criticising the film's use of Vietnam War flashbacks to explain the killer's motivations.[1]

gollark: No. It's #b on APIONET for this.
gollark: What?
gollark: Yep, it's fine.
gollark: It *does* discard messages arbitrarily if it's too busy.
gollark: Inevitably.

References

  1. "Delirium Review". TV Guide. Retrieved December 10, 2014.


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