Delusion (also known as The House Where Death Lives)[2] is a 1981 American psychological slasher film directed by Alan Beattie, and starring Patricia Pearcy, Joseph Cotten, David Hayward, and John Dukakis.

Nurse Meredith Stone recounts, in a letter to her father, her mother's recent death, and details a job she has taken at a Fairlawn estate caring for the wealthy, elderly Ivar Langrock.

Shortly after Meredith begins working at Fairlawn, Langrock's adult grandson Gabriel, who spent his life on a commune in Arizona, comes to stay after the accidental death of his parents.

Later in the evening, the house gardener, Alex, is confronted at the Fairlawn estate by the detective in a garage, who tells him the coroner has deemed Philip's death a murder.

[3] The film was given a regional release in the southern United States in early 1981, opening on January 16, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee,[4] Fort Worth, Texas,[5] and Alexandria, Louisiana.

"[7] Candice Russell of the Fort Lauderdale News was ultimately disappointed by the film despite praising its character development, feeling that its twist ending was derivative.