Delirium — Issue Two
The Essential Reference Guide to Trash Cinema — Italian Exploitation Cinema Part Two 1975–1979
Original Issue Two of Delirium, an independently produced British reference fanzine devoted to Italian exploitation cinema. The cover bills it as 'The Essential Reference Guide To Trash Cinema' and surveys the years 1975–1979 across sex, horror, mondo, sci-fi, gialli, sleaze and W.I.P. cinema.
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- Delirium
- Condition
- Very Good appearance for independently produced stapled film ephemera.
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR completeness rule; no missing pages or issued components have been reported.
- Date
- Date not stated — original Issue Two; predates the 1997 revised book edition
Catalogue note
Original Issue Two of Delirium, an independently produced British reference fanzine devoted to Italian exploitation cinema. The cover bills it as 'The Essential Reference Guide To Trash Cinema' and surveys the years 1975–1979 across sex, horror, mondo, sci-fi, gialli, sleaze and W.I.P. cinema. It promises complete cast and credits, alternate titles, reviews, video-release information, rare stills, ad-mats, posters and an index of foreign release titles for more than 160 films. The object documents the pre-internet specialist publishing culture through which obscure international genre cinema was researched, cross-referenced and circulated among enthusiasts.
Why this object matters
Issue Two extends Delirium's detailed credits, alternative-title and distribution research to 1975–1979. Its scale and relationship with the complete five-issue sequence support the existing score; sequence membership alone does not make each issue exceptional.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR completeness rule; no missing pages or issued components have been reported.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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