THE OPENING: AFTER A SHORT MONTAGE, DELIRIUM OPENS WITH THE VICTIM ALREADY TIED UP, IN THE SURGERY,
SIMILARLY TO THE OPENING OF SAW, HOWEVER THERE ARE ALOT OF HORROR FILMS THAT OPEN WITH A RELAXED SCENES,
THAT HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF THE IMPENDING HORROR, LIKE THE 2003 REMAKE OF THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
MOMENT OF RELIEF: THE VICTIMS, IN BOTH DELIRIUM AND SCREAM EXPERIENCE SHORT MOMENTS OF RELIEF BEFORE
THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN THROWN INTO THE HORROR.
SEEING THE VILLAIN: IN DELIRIUM THE AUDIENCE REGUALRLY SEE THE ANTAGONIST’S FACES CLEARLY HOWEVER IN PHYSCO
THE KILLER IS SILHOUETTED UNTIL THE END OF THE FILM, POSSIBLY CREATING MORE FEAR FOR THE AUDIENCE.
THE ESCAPE: ONCE AGAIN, IN SCREAM AND DELIRIUM THE VICTIMS ARE CHASED, BY THE ANTAGONISTS UNTIL THEY ARE
CAPTURED AND RECIEVE THEIR FATES.
THE VILLAINS COSTUMES: THE CHARACTERS IN DELIRIUM APPEAR IN SURGICAL CLOTHING, SIMLARLY TO THE VILLIAN IN CREEP, THE WEAPON USED TO KILL THE VICTIM IS ALSO THE SAME AS WHAT LEATHERFACE USES IN THE TEXAS CHAINSAW
MASSACRE.
LIGHTING: ALTHOUGH THE FILM OPENS IN A DARK ROOM, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE FILM IS SHOT IN WELL LIT AREAS,
WHICH CLEARLY REJECTS THE STEREOTYPICAL LIGHTING LINKED WITH A HORROR FILM.