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Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) | Top 4% · CriticCrunch

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Don't Torture a Duckling

Movie1972·105 min

Don't Torture a Duckling

Directed by Lucio Fulci

A horror film directed by Lucio Fulci.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 4%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

418 ratings

About Don't Torture a Duckling

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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: social injustice, isolation loneliness, fate destiny, religion, supernatural, small town, wilderness, strangers forced together, detective investigator, outsider misfit, investigation procedural, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, serial killer, folk horror

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Director: Lucio Fulci
Language: Italian

Cast

Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian

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How Don't Torture a Duckling Ranks

All movies

Top 4%

1970s movies

Top 5%

★Horror movies

Top 5%

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Top 10%

Lucio Fulci films#1 of 13

Top 5% in every cohort we track — a consistent classic.

the vibe

Don't Torture a Duckling Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredseriousbroadhaunting

gritty

unsettling

What it's about

investigation proceduralmystery disappearanceslow-burn revealsocial injusticeisolation lonelinessfate destinydetective investigatoroutsider misfitstrangers forced togetherreligionsupernaturalserial killerfolk horrorsmall townwilderness

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

grittygritty