Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) (Non si sevizia un paperino)

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Directed by

Lucio Fulci

Starring (View all)

Florinda Bolkan
Maciara

Barbara Bouchet
Patrizia

Tomas Milian
Andrea Martelli

Irene Papas
Dona Aurelia Avallone

Marc Porel
Don Alberto Avallone

Georges Wilson
Francesco

Antonello Campodifiori
Lieutenant

Ugo D'Alessio
Captain Modesti

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Lucio Fulci
(story) and

Roberto Gianviti
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Children..MURDERED!!

14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 6 17:34

pamela voorhees

Filmed in 1972 about several murders of young boys in a small remote village. Showing the first part of the killer is of course his hands, poking needles into what seem like voodoo dolls of certain kids with horrifying music and faint screaming of each child in the background. That scene sets the grounds for an interesting and most violent near future. Lucio Fulci has this marvelous way of setting... read more

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1 year, 9 months ago at Jul 29 14:45

cinemanbis

A singular and explosive work in Fulci's filmo. Giallo atypical, disconcerting and striking. With an inevitably cult cast.

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7 months, 2 weeks ago at Sep 13 3:46

fernando

(BluR) Harsh, big plot, effectist but strong (the killing of Florinda is great), undertones, sexy Bouchet is innocent but seems other way, gialla in the supertitious country...

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A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

Release date: 29 September 1972
UPC: 013131110395

Tags: Horror (6), Mystery (6), Giallo (6), Thriller (4), Italian (4), 1972 (4), 1970s (3), Italy (2), Not Foreign Language (1), Grindhouse (1), Dubbed (1), Eurocult (1), 70's (1), Slasher (1), Witch (1), Foreign Language (1), 1970's (1), Religion (1), European (1), 70s (1)

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"4.10. Lucio Fulci trollailee katsojia näyttämällä raakaa lapsiin kohdistunutta väkivaltaa ja esittelemällä sen jälkeen moraalisesti arvelluttavia hahmoja, joiden tehtävä on herättää katsojien viha, koska nämä vääränlaiset ihmiset ovat selvästi hirmutekojen takana. Homma ei tietenkään ole niin yksinkertaista, mutta tällaisena moraalikoodistoa pohtivana "Rikoslaki ei ole tykkäyslista" -tutkielmana Don't Torture a Duckling toimii erinomaisesti."