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{{Infobox film
| name           = Delirium
| image          = Delirio-caldo-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        =
| native_name    = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} -->
| director       = [[Renato Polselli]]
| producer       =
| writer         =
| screenplay     = Renato Polselli<ref name="archiv">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3247|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Delirio caldo (1972)|access-date=October 10, 2020|language=Italian}}</ref>
| story          = Renato Polselli<ref name="archiv" />
| based_on       = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| starring       = {{plainlist|* [[Mickey Hargitay]]
* [[Rita Calderoni]]
* Stefano Oppedisano}}
| music          = [[Gianfranco Reverberi]]<ref name="archiv" />
| cinematography = Ugo Brunelli<ref name="archiv" />
| editing        = [[Otello Colangeli]]<ref name="archiv" />
| studio         = G.R.P. Cinematografica di Renato Polselli<ref name="archiv" />
| distributor    = Indipendenti Regionali<ref name="archiv" />
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|||}}
| runtime        =
| country        = Italy{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=89}}
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'''''Delirium''''' ({{langx|it|Delirio Caldo}}) is a 1972 Italian thriller film directed by [[Renato Polselli]].{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=89}}
==Production==
The English-language dub version of the film differs greatly from the Italian version of the film.{{sfn|Paul|2015|p=305}}  In the Italian version, there is no mention of the Vietnam war trauma that instigates the killing spree.{{sfn|Paul|2015|p=305}}
Most of the film was shot at Isarco Ravaioli's own home.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=123}}
==Release==
''Delirium'' was first released in 1972.{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=9}}{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=241}}
The film was released as by Empire Video with a 90-minute running time, in English with Dutch subtitles.{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=90}}
==Reception==
From retrospective reviews, Louis Paul, in his book on Italian Horror Film Directors described ''Delirium'' as one that "seems to have been entirely forgotten" and as a "savage film" that will "likely leave some viewers wondering whether it would have been better to leave it that way."{{sfn|Paul|2015|p=305}}  Scott Aaron Stine described the film in his book ''The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s'', found the film "a less chaotic effort" than ''[[Black Magic Rites]]'' and "aside from the stock Vietnam war footage, the innumerable nude women in chains, and some interesting plot twists" the film was "Not a good film, but a hell of a lot more engaging than many of its peers."{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=90}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
===Sources===
* {{cite book
|last=Curti
|first=Roberto
|title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979
|publisher=McFarland
|isbn=978-1476629605
|year=2017
}}
*{{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Giallo in Film and Television|year=2022|publisher=McFarland|ISBN=978-1-4766-8248-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Paul|first=Louis|year=2015|title=Italian Horror Film Directors|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-786-48749-3}}
*{{cite book|last=Stine|first=Scott Aaron|year=2015|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-786-49140-7}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0068471}}
[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:1972 thriller films]]
[[Category:Italian thriller films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Renato Polselli]]
[[Category:Giallo films]]