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

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.

suspensefulgrimmoodyunsettlingtensebleakslow-burnatmospheric

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)

Trailer

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