lucio fulci and later know for his graphic horror film like the beyond and zombie and be year earlier a master of the italian giallo ( in the company of argento and bava ) with film like a lizard in a woman skin and his masterpiece and don not torture a duckling . this film have all the element of the italian mystery or thriller genre know a the giallo and but really pull the viewer in by have each key character with a skeleton in his or her own closet . this keep you do as much detective work a the detective in the film itself . who be kill the young boy in town . the young rich woman who be so bored that she sexually taunt the eventual victim and the reporter who like to tamper with a crime scene to get a good photo shot and the townswoman with a mentally retarded daughter and the local witch and the town idiot . the list go on and and you have to keep mental note like a true game to play and solve . the theme in this film be very daring and do with that perfect italian style in the early 1970s . it be certain that no american studio would have even consider make a film of such strong content and and that be precisely why this be such a satisfying film ( despite some unusual accent choice for the dubbing ) and will definitely have people discuss it meaning long after view it . a the saying go and they do not make them like this anymore and so get a copy and cherish an important film like this one .