The Film (3.5/5)

    Luddy (Ann Gibbs) was just released from prison after spending 30 years inside for killing her Mother. Once out she has no place to go, but is quickly taken in by Ellen, Richard, and their family at the old Nashville estate South Hall. As it turns out the matriarch of the family, Delilah, is on the verge of death and has announced that she is turning over the estate and assets to charity, and is leaving a meager amount to family.

      However, as one final taunt she tells the family that they can have a hidden buried treasure of money that is definitely on the estate property. Which sends the family looking for the cash, and murdering each other with an axe. Coincidentally, this is how Luddy killed her Mother. Could she be the killer, or could this be an act made to  frame the ex-con in the midst?

     Dear Dead Delilah is a great little Tennessee lensed regional horror film with Southern gothic trappings. The film has its share of violence, but is honestly limited in scares, and plays out like a mystery once the anonymous murders begin to happen. However, the film at its core works best as an oddball character piece. With a mix of strange family characters put into a Southern gothic house setting, and made to play off each other like a macabre movie version of a soap opera.

Audio/Video (3.5/5)

    This is hard one, Vinegar Syndrome does their usual fantastic work on Dear Dead Delilah and presents the film in a very solid 1080p 1:85:1 image. However, that image is limited in what can be presented the film is quite dark, and thus heavily grainy. It looks very good, and natural, what color there is nicely represented, and everything looks natural.

    Audio is DTS-HD MA 1.0 and sounds clear.

Extras (2/5)

    We get a 21 minute interview with director John Farris and a promotional gallery.

Overall

    Dear Dead Delilah is an interesting regional horror flick from Tennesseee. Vinegar Syndrome has done a solid job with restoring this film, and with extras. RECOMMDNDED.