Movie

Delusion

1981 · 91 min

A slow, uneasy descent into a gloomy mansion where nothing is quite what it seems, ending in a twist that recolors everything.

Tagline: Welcome to Bloodhouse, where a woman's screams means NO ESCAPE!
Overview: Meredith Stone, a home care nurse, has been assigned the duty of looking after a wealthy invalid named Ivar Langrock. Cooped up in Langrock's stately country mansion, Meredith quickly suspects that someone sinister is lurking in the manor's dark halls only to discover that Ivar's demented and violent son has been locked away in a hidden room. Shortly thereafter, Ivar's grandson Gabriel also moves into the house and with his arrival a mysterious killer soon begins murdering members of the Langrock family along with their live-in staff.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Madness, isolation, deception, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
isolation
deception
trauma
death
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild