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DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING

(Italy)

DIRECTED BY: Lucio Fulci.

When I began watching this I was utterly amazed it was a Fulci film. I am very familiar with his gore films but this goes way beyond that territory. This film can only be described as masterful. Borrowing from Argento's pattern of animal film naming like Cat O' Nine Tails and Four Flies On Grey Velvet. Fulci delivers a great mystery which doesn't unfold until the very end. Fulci could have made the killing which happens off-screen very gratuitous but except for a couple of scenes they are nothing compared to his later rampage.

Everything begins when young boys in a small town are beginning to be murdered. The title involves a young mentally handicapped girl whose reactions to the murders she witnesses are to cut the heads off her dolls, one which is a duckling. The chain whipping scene in this was later used in The Beyond. Great conclusion even if exaggerated. This ultimately proves Fulci had some of the greatest film making talent to come out of Italy. A good murder mystery always brightens my eyes.

Rating: 5 Skulls

Review by: Richard J. Taylor

Email: rtaylor@roadrunner.nf.net

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