Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
- Original title
- Non si sevizia un paperino
- Directed by
- Lucio Fulci
- Genre
- splatter film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 418 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A journalist looks into a string of child murders in a remote Italian village. The locals are suspicious and superstitious, making the investigation difficult.
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What happens
Don't Torture a Duckling (Italian: Non si sevizia un paperino) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci, and starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson. The plot follows a journalist investigating a series of child murders in an insular Italian village whose residents are riddled with superstition and mistrust. The film's score was composed by Riz Ortolani and features vocals by Ornella Vanoni. Released on 29 September 1972, the film is significant within Fulci's filmography as it is one of the first in which he began using gore effects, something he would continue to do in his later films. The film has also been noted by critics for its commentary on sexuality in the Catholic Church. Fulci himself considered this to be his best film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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