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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 343 1970s horror movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
426 audience votes
Key crew
- Lucio FulciDirector
- Lucio FulciScreenplay
- Roberto GianvitiScreenplay
- Gianfranco ClericiScreenplay
- Riz OrtolaniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Florinda BolkanMaciara
- Barbara BouchetPatrizia
- Tomas MilianAndrea Martelli
- Irene PapasDona Aurelia Avallone
- Marc PorelDon Alberto Avallone
- Georges WilsonFrancesco
- Antonello CampodifioriPolice Lieutenant
- Ugo D'AlessioCaptain Modesti
- Virgilio GazzoloPolice Commissioner
- Vito PasseriGiuseppe Barra
- Rosalia MaggioMrs. Spriano - Michele's Mother
- Andrea AureliMr. Lo Cascio, Bruno's Father
Stills
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Themes
policepsychopathhomicidechild murderforestmurderreporterwhodunitorphanchurchdoglynching
The Best Movies of 1972
Don't Torture a Duckling is #20 of 49
