Don’t Torture a Duckling
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1h 45m
Directed by Lucio Fulci • 1972 • Italy
Starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian
From Lucio Fulci, the Godfather of Gore, comes one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced. When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to assign blame, with the suspects including the local “witch” Maciara (Florinda Bolkan). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders—city journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian) and spoiled rich girl Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet)—team up to crack the case. Deemed shocking at the time for its brutal violence, depiction of the Catholic Church, and themes of child murder and pedophilia, DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING pushes the envelope of terror.
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