Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Don't Torture a Duckling (Italian: Non si sevizia un paperino) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci, and starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson. The plot follows a journalist investigating a series of child murders in an insular Italian village whose residents are riddled with superstition and mistrust. The film's score was composed by Riz Ortolani and features vocals by Ornella Vanoni.

Released on 29 September 1972, the film is significant within Fulci's filmography as it is one of the first in which he began using gore effects, something he would continue to do in his later films. The film has also been noted by critics for its commentary on sexuality in the Catholic Church. Fulci himself considered this to be his best film.