From Lucio Fulci, the godfather of gore (City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery), comes one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced: his 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling.
When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local “witch”, Maciara (Florinda Bolkan, A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by panic and a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders – city journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian, The Four of the Apocalypse) and spoilt rich girl Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) – team up to crack the case. But before the mystery is solved, more blood will have been spilled, and not all of it belonging to innocents…
Deemed shocking at the time for its brutal violence, depiction of the Catholic Church and themes of child murder and implied pedophilia, Don’t Torture a Duckling is widely regarded today as Fulci’s greatest film, rivalling the best of his close rival rival Dario Argento. Arrow Films presents this uniquely chilling film in its 4K debut in a limited edition 4K UHD release on 24th March 2024.
4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• Brand new 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope camera negative by Arrow Films
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray™ presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• Audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
• Giallo a la Campagna, video discussion with Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film
• Hell is Already in Us, video essay by critic Kat Ellinger
• Lucio Fulci Remembers, rare 1988 audio interview with the filmmaker
• Who Killed Donald Duck, interview with actress Barbara Bouchet
• Those Days with Lucio, interview with actress Florinda Bolkan
• The DP’s Eye, interview with cinematographer Sergio D’Offizi
• From the Cutting Table, interview with editor Bruno Micheli
• Endless Torture, interview with makeup artist Maurizio Trani
• Theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Barry Forshaw and Howard Hughes
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