Delusion

1981 PG-13 1h 31m

4.5 / 10 15

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4.5/10

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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.

Director Alan Beattie

Writers

Jack Viertel Alan Beattie

Stars

Patricia Pearcy Joseph Cotten David Hayward

Additional Dialogue (voice)

Horror

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Wuchak 14 Dec 2025

7/10

**_People mysteriously dying at a mansion in SoCal_** When production began in 1979 the working title was “Trauma,” but after shooting completed in 1980 it was released in some places as “The House Where Evil Lives” which is superior to its most well-known title, “Delusion” (you’ll know why after seeing the film). It’s a slow grind psychological thriller and murder mystery that could also be...