Delirium

I think some are (justifiably) miffed by getting tricked into watching this versus the Topher Grace movie of the same name that came out the same year. Easy mistake to make and I have no clue how this little movie gets away with having the same title as that much better and much higher budget movie. But to judge this one on its merits, while I do not expect it to win an Academy Award in any category, it wasn't a 3/10 star movie. I'd say more like a 5/10 putting it in proper context of what it is. The premise isn't particularly complex. A bunch of bros get the mind to try to scare a person who wants to join their little guy club by making them go up to a haunted mansion and back with a camera on. And, of course, they learn to their chagrin that it really is haunted, and by a very nasty spirit at that! And of course there's the hijinks that follow. For a low budget horror movie it does ok. There are some good scares and a creepy underlying story to go with it. The story does get a bit confusing. For example, the wife is portrayed as a victim initially but then becomes the main antagonist for whatever reason. Her motive for doing what she's doing is never clear. The opening scene isn't explained at all. The dreaded swimming pool seems to have zero point other than it's scary. And the characters sometimes come off as pretty dumb and unrealistic in behaviour. Particularly when they enter the house after seeing the footage from the ill-fated friend they sent over there first. But again, we're talking about a B horror film here. And in that context it's ok. Not great but ok.

Nothing scary or remotely well played devastation. But totally repressed sexual characters who would like to fratenalize for good. No sex no nudity no bad monsters. Only creepy young men avoiding their needs. A good comedy of repression.

Absolutely terrible movie that appears to potentially be a student film based on the acting, writing, sound mixing, cinematography, direction, etc.. Seems to be hoping to get viewers who intended to watch the other Delirium (2018) with Topher Grace. Too often throughout this movie everyone is just yelling loudly into their mics or talking over each other. Lots of loud, high-pitched screeching in the ears. Really, really poor acting, the type that pulls you out of the movie because it screams 'I'm trying to act!' (Note: not everyone was a bad actor, there were a couple shining stars who weren't on camera for long). Extremely basic cinematography, for instance it's supposed to be a found footage film, but they end up filming the camera holder often. The entire concept of the piece from a writing perspective had tons of issues throughout the entirety of the work, not very thoroughly conceived. Unless you specifically like to watch very bad scary movie attempts that you already know are going to be terrible & pointless going into it I would recommend a pass.