Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Nigel P Child killings are the grisly subject of this Lucio Fulci Directed giallo. And he takes delight in some genuinely horrifying scenes.A handful of vengeful men corner Maciara (Florinda Bolkan) in a graveyard and beat her with chains in probably the most disturbing set-piece I've seen in a giallo – and there have been a few. With unhurried deliberation, the blows are dealt slowly and viciously, followed by unflinching moments of blood emerging from new wounds. All this to the sound of triumphant ballads. After such prolonged suffering, you would expect Maciara to survive the ordeal – but no, after dragging her bloodied, broken body across the unforgiving heat of wasteland, she dies by the side of the road, for the most part unnoticed by passing vehicles. Horrifying indeed.There is a carefully maintained sense of unease that permeates throughout the isolated Italian village where these horrors occur, and yet there's a dark vein of … can I call it humour? … running through the more graphic moments in this film. Similarly, as the revealed miscreant is tipped loudly over a ravine, it's probably a brave choice to continually cut to a close-up of his battered face being slowly smashed following every connection with the rock face he is tumbling down. Equally, the injection of more of the deeply inappropriately soulful soundtrack lends a perversion to his slow, violent death.

Claudio Carvalho In the backward village of Accendura, the boy Bruno Lo Casio goes missing and the police inspector and the local commissioner and the village Captain Modesti (Ugo D'Alessio) investigate the case. When his father receives the request of a ransom, the police arrest the local Giuseppe and realize that he is innocent. Then the boys Michele and Tonino are also murdered and the police suspect of the local witch Maciara (Florinda Bolkan), who practices black magic, might be the killer but they find she is also innocent. However the superstitious and ignorant locals brutally kill her. Meanwhile that village is crowded of journalist, including the experienced Andrea Martelli (Tomas Milian) from Rome. He befriends Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet), a daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur that is living in the village after a drug scandal. They meet the village priest Don Alberto Avallone (Marc Poreli), who has a group of boys that plays soccer at the church and is the son of the weird Dona Aurelia Avallone (Irene Papas) that raises her slow six year-old daughter. They believe the child has witnessed the murders and might know who the killer is. "Non si sevizia un paperino" is a violent giallo bu Lucio Fulci, with a story with perversions that are sort of taboo in Hollywood. The three boys and Giuseppe are voyeurs; Patrizia is drug addicted and pedophile; Don Alberto is a serial-killer that wants to keep the innocence of the boys. The graphic violence of the four men against Maciara is impressive. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Estranho Segredo do Bosque dos Sonhos" ("The Strange Secret of the Woodland of the Dreams")

qmtv Masterpiece. This movie cannot have been made before or after.Excellent story, acting, plot, cinematography. The cemetery beating scene is excellent. The ending fight scene. Many great location shots.See this movie. Masterpiece. This movie cannot have been made before or after.Excellent story, acting, plot, cinematography. The cemetery beating scene is excellent. The ending fight scene. Many great location shots.See this movie. Masterpiece. This movie cannot have been made before or after.Excellent story, acting, plot, cinematography. The cemetery beating scene is excellent. The ending fight scene. Many great location shots.See this movie.

PimpinAinttEasy I watched a pristine bluray print of Don't Torture a Duckling. Did anybody else feel that Don Alberto Avallone was like Holden Caufield in J.D.Salinger's Catcher in the Rye? Holden Caufield wanted to become the catcher that saved children from falling off the cliff and preserved their innocence. But Don Alberto actually threw them off the cliff so that they do not fall into the arms of sin. HAHAHHAHAHHAAHA! This film wasn't too bad. Not sure if it is a Giallo. The film begins with the a wide angle shot of a seemingly idyllic Italian village (like the one where Pacino escapes into in The Godfather). Then Riz Ortolani's sinister score sets in and there is a close up of an ugly and filthy woman (Florinda Bolkan) burying bones in the sand. Nice way to catch the viewer's attention.A backward Italian village rife with rituals and superstition becomes the focus of national attention when dead strangled kids start turning up all over the place. Then there is a bisexual paedophillic heiress (Barbaba Bouchert) who preys on small teenage boys and girls. Tomas Milan (who looks like he would be perfect in a spaghetti western) is a journalist who is investigating the child murders.We are often treated to images of pins being poked into dolls. The whole village wears a rather desolate look. While the village seems authentic, you can tell that Bouchet's room is clearly a set. It did have some nice set pieces though - especially the fish tank with the waves.The violence is gratuitous and is highly stylized with a rock n roll song and a slow number playing in the background when Florinda Balkan is murdered. Ortolani's memorable title score which has a nostalgic vibe is used to great effect in the final scenes.I am not entirely convinced by my 8 rating. But the film has so much going for it - like the atmosphere that Fulci creates with the constant religious wailing that hovers over the village, the beautiful landscapes, Ortolani's score and last but not in anyway the least, the extraordinarily beautiful Barbara Bouchet who is introduced laying on a couch stark naked. (8/10)