Don't Torture a Duckling(1972)Non si sevizia un paperino(original title).A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town that's rife with superstition and distrust of outsiders.... Synopsis Don't Torture a Duckling(1972)Non si sevizia un paperino(original title)
Movie Title: Don't Torture a Duckling(1972)Non si sevizia un paperino(original title)
Run Time: 102 min
Rating: 7.0 / 10
Genres: Horror |Mystery |Thriller
Release Date: 29 September 1972 (Italy)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Writer: Gianfranco Clerici ,Lucio Fulci , ... and other credits
Actor: Florinda Bolkan,Barbara Bouchet,Tomas Milian
Lucio Fulci's "Don't Torture a Duckling" paints an exceptionally unflattering portrait of small-town Sicily plagued by series of brutal murders of young boys.This surprisingly well-directed film(especially in comparison to later Fulci's gorefests)is distinguished by overall atmosphere of perversity,nastiness and two truly grotesque scenes of brutal violence.The soon-to-be-dead children are depicted as casually cruel and budding peeping toms;Bruno's near-seduction by the naked Patrizia(Barbara Bouchet)really has to be seen to be believed.Highly recommended-especially in pair with my another cult favourite "House with the Windows That Laugh"(1976).
