easily lucio fulci most respected film and don not torture a duckling be highly renowned for it edgy subject matter and gruesome imagery and and strong storyline . terror befall a small italian village a young boy begin turn up murder and engulf the confused and determined authority plus a dedicated detective in mystery . be it the creepy hermit . the spastic voodoo witch . one of the hooker . the rich girl . someone else . contrary to most fan frequent representation on the film violent content i consider it much more plot drive while feature only one real moment of memorable bloodshed ( involve chain and board ) . in no aspect do this detract from the positive attribute this movie delivers . fulci prove himself fully capable of dish out one hell of a dark and disturb giallo with childing kill and black magic and and of course a nice full set o knocker . though i be particularly more fond of fulci lizard in a woman skin and new york ripper and don not torture a duckling dominate the giallo genre a a moody and compel murder mystery .